Unprecedented three-level hierarchical entanglement in a coordination polymer.
An unprecedented three-level hierarchical entangled system was synthesized. The basic helical ribbons of the complex were entangled into 2D layers by self-penetration based on 1D → 2D polycatenation; a pair of layers interpenetrated, and crosslinked to construct the second self-penetrated bilayers which were further polycatenated into the final 3D entangled array.
Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
Kang
K
Zhou
Fei-Long
FL
Jiang
Lian
L
Chen
Ming-Yan
MY
Wu
Shu-Quan
SQ
Zhang
Jie
J
Ma
Mao-Chun
MC
Hong