Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Buckling cluster-based H-bonded icosahedral capsules and their propagation to a robust zeolite-like supramolecular framework |
| Authors: |
Zhan-Hua Zhao, Bao-Liang Han, Hai-Feng Su, Qi-Lin Guo, Wen-Xin Wang, Jing-Qiu Zhuo, Yong-Nan Guo, Jia-Long Liu, Geng-Geng Luo, Ping Cui, Di Sun |
| Source: |
Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Nature Portfolio, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: |
Science |
| More Details: |
Abstract Hydrogen-bonded assembly of multiple components into well-defined icosahedral capsules akin to virus capsids has been elusive. In parallel, constructing robust zeolitic-like cluster-based supramolecular frameworks (CSFs) without any coordination covalent bonding linkages remains challenging. Herein, we report a cluster-based pseudoicosahedral H-bonded capsule Cu60, which is buckled by the self-organization of judiciously designed constituent copper clusters and anions. The spontaneous formation of the icosahedron in the solid state takes advantage of 48 charge-assisted CH···F hydrogen bonds between cationic clusters and anions (PF6 -), and is highly sensitive to the surface protective ligands on the clusters with minor structural modification inhibiting its formation. Most excitingly, an extended three-periodic robust zeolitic-like CSF, is constructed by edge-sharing the resultant icosahedrons. The perpendicular channels of the CSF feature unusual 3D orthogonal double-helical patterns. The CSF material not only keeps its single-crystal character in the desolvated phase, but also exhibits excellent chemical and thermal stabilities as well as long-lived phosphorescence emission. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2041-1723 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41467-024-53640-4 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/33e07f7e757446678c277a0a63f249db |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.33e07f7e757446678c277a0a63f249db |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
