Fascinating interlocked triacontanuclear giant nanocages. Issue 85 (7th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bala, Sukhen; Akhtar, Sohel; Liu, Jun-Liang; Huang, Guo-Zhang; Wu, Si-Guo; De, Avik; Das, Krishna Sundar; Saha, Sayan; Tong, Ming-Liang; Mondal, Raju
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 57:Issue 85(2021)
• Page Start: 11177
• Page End: 11180
• Publication Date: 2021-10-07
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02990h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Three fascinating interlocked highly stable triacontanuclear giant nanocages were synthesized and structurally and microscopically characterized. The strong antiferromagnetic behaviour can be envisaged as a silver lining in generating elusive molecular nanomagnets. Abstract : We report herein three air, thermal and solvent stable interlocked triacontanuclear giant nanocages, generated using a node and spacer concept. Interestingly, the crystal structures of the cages are not only nano-dimensional but also exist in the nano-dimension range, which was corroborated with microscopic images. The combination of microscopic and crystallographic data, in effect, led us to a unique advantageous situation of generating nanomaterials with hard-to-come-by structural information at the molecular level.