Modular construction and hierarchical gelation of organooxotin nanoclusters derived from simple building blocks.
Mixtures of an appropriate carboxylic acid and n-butylstannoic acid constitute modular gelation systems, in which the formation of a well-defined 'tin-drum' nanocluster subsequently underpins the hierarchical assembly of nanostructured fibres, which form self-supporting gel-phase networks in organic solvents.
Hahn
Uwe
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Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse 4, France.
Hirst
Andrew R
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Delgado
Juan Luis
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Kaeser
Adrien
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Delavaux-Nicot
Béatrice
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Nierengarten
Jean-Francois
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Smith
David K
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