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Self-Assembly of Interlocked Structures: Rotaxanes, Polyrotaxanes and Molecular Necklaces

  • Ki Min Park
  • , Jungseok Heo
  • , Soo Gyun Roh
  • , You Moon Jeon
  • , Dongmok Whang
  • , Kimoon Kim
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Our recent work on construction of interlocked structures such as rotaxanes, polyrotaxanes and molecular necklaces using the principles of self assembly and coordination chemistry is described. In the synthesis of these structures, the barrel-shape molecule cucurbituril is used as a molecular "bead" and metal ions or metal complexes are used as "glue" or "angle connectors". Judicious choice of metal ions, counter ions and "strings" is important in order to construct the desired supramolecular structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-70
Number of pages6
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume327
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Interlocked structures
  • Metal ions
  • Self assembly
  • Supramolecular chemistry

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