title: Supramolecular approaches to metal-organic gels using 'Chevrel-type' coordination clusters as building units.
abstract: A novel hexanuclear {Mn(6)} coordination complex with octahedral topology has been prepared and was subsequently used as a building unit for the construction of coordination polymers and metal-organic gels; the latter exhibit thixotropic behavior and reversible sol-gel phase transitions.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry & CRANN, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marzec
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hongzhou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schmitt