Imitating micelles as a way to control coordination self-assembly: cage-polymer switching directed rationally by solvent polarity or pH

Nicola Giri, Stuart James

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Abstract

Disguising a metal complex as a micelle by using amphiphilic phosphine ligands enables it to switch between a coordination polymer and a discrete cage in response to solvent polarity or pH; this medium-dependent behaviour of the complex is rational because it parallels that of true micelles.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1458-1460
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume47
Issue number5
Early online date02 Dec 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07 Feb 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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