title: Metal-organic microstructures: from rectangular to stellated and interpenetrating polyhedra.
abstract: Despite the tremendous progress made in the design of supramolecular and inorganic materials, it still remains a great challenge to obtain uniform structures with tailored size and shape. Metal-organic frameworks and infinite coordination polymers are examples of rapidly emerging materials with useful properties, yet limited morphological control. In this paper, we report the solvothermal synthesis of diverse metal-organic (sub)-microstructures with a high degree of uniformity. The porous and thermally robust monodisperse crystalline solids consist of tetrahedral polypyridyl ligands and nickel or copper ions. Our bottom-up approach demonstrates the direct assembly of these materials without the addition of any surfactants or modulators. Reaction parameters in combination with molecular structure encoding are the keys to size-shape control and structural uniformity of our metal-organic materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
authors.forename: Sreejith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balgley
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahav
authors.forename: Sidney R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Popovitz-Biro
authors.forename: Milko E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: van der Boom