Self-assembly of the smallest and tightest molecular trefoil knot.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 21 07 2023
accepted: 07 12 2023
medline: 4 1 2024
pubmed: 4 1 2024
entrez: 3 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Molecular knots, whose synthesis presents many challenges, can play important roles in protein structure and function as well as in useful molecular materials, whose properties depend on the size of the knotted structure. Here we report the synthesis by self-assembly of molecular trefoil metallaknot with formula [Au

Identifiants

pubmed: 38168068
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44302-y
pii: 10.1038/s41467-023-44302-y
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

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154

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Zhiwen Li (Z)

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.

Jingjing Zhang (J)

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.

Gao Li (G)

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China. gaoli@dicp.ac.cn.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. gaoli@dicp.ac.cn.

Richard J Puddephatt (RJ)

Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 5B7, Canada. pudd@uwo.ca.

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