title: Rings and threads as linkers in metal-organic frameworks and poly-rotaxanes.
abstract: Coordination polymers and metal-organic rotaxane frameworks are reported where the organic linker is replaced by functionalised inorganic clusters that act as bridging ligands.
authors.affiliation: The School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
authors.forename: George F S
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authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: Bryony
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authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Laura
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authors.lastname: Carthy
authors.forename: Victoria A
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authors.lastname: Milway
authors.forename: Harapriya
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authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: Antonio
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authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Sarah L
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authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Christopher A
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authors.lastname: Muryn
authors.forename: Robin G
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authors.lastname: Pritchard
authors.forename: Simon J
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authors.lastname: Teat
authors.forename: Grigore A
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authors.lastname: Timco
authors.forename: Richard E P
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authors.lastname: Winpenny