Breaking the symmetry: assembly of cylindrical nanostructures with a C3-symmetrical ligand.
The reaction of a tripodal ligand containing terminal 2,3-dihydroxypyridine groups with (arene)ruthenium(II) complexes resulted in the formation of cylindrical nanostructures.
Olivier
Céline
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Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Solari
Euro
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Scopelliti
Rosario
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Severin
Kay
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