title: Self-assembly of copper and cobalt complexes with hierarchical size and catalytic properties for hydroxylation of phenol.
abstract: A feasible and effective self-assembly method to synthesize different scale coordination polymers in highly dilute solution (from nanocrystals to microcrystals and to bulk crystals) without any blocking agent has been described. The growth of crystalline particles was controlled by removing the particles at different reaction times to interrupt the growth at the desired size. The nano and microscale particles show better catalytic conversions and selectivities in the hydroxylation of phenols than the bulk crystals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei 230061, People's Republic of China. dapdong@yahoo.com.cn.
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