Press Release 2011
Nanoarchitectonics of heterometallic multinuclear complexes
One of the most challenging issues in the field of inorganic chemistry would be to develop a rational synthetic methodology for heterometallic multinuclear complexes. The research team answered this tough question by applying the Merrifield solid-phase synthesis for coupling of various metal complex monomers.

Figure 1. Schematic representation of solid-phase synthesis of metal-organic complex arrays.

Figure 2. CPK models of metal-organic complex arrays prepared by solid-phase synthesis.
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Affiliations
Pothiappan Vairaprakash1, Hisanori Ueki1, Kentaro Tashiro1, Omar M. Yaghi1,2
- 1.International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- 2.Center for Reticular Chemistry and the Center for Global Mentoring, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California