title: Stimuli-responsive supramolecular gels through hierarchical self-assembly of discrete rhomboidal metallacycles.
abstract: A new class of supramolecular organometallic gels with a discrete rhomboidal metallacycle as the main skeleton was fabricated through hierarchical self-assembly (see figure). More importantly, by taking advantage of the dynamic nature of metal-ligand bonds, the stimuli-responsive gel-sol transition of the obtained gels was realized by disassembly and reassembly of the rhomboidal scaffold as controlled by bromide anions.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3363 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, PR China.
authors.forename: Guang-Zhen
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3363 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, PR China.
authors.forename: Guang-Zheng
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: De-Xian
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yihua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hai-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: gels; metallacycles; platinum; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry