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Functional (Supra)Molecular Nanostructures - ruben-group

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Habilitation Dr. Mario Ruben<br />

ULP Strasbourg<br />

The Ag I ions are dicoordinated in an approximately linear coordination manner with<br />

d(Ag-N) = 2.130(12)-2.228(14) Å; α(N-Ag-N) = 166.4(7)° and 168.8(8)°, and interconnect<br />

each tetranuclear [Fe II 4B4] 8+ unit to four neighbouring units each time by two pyridine-Ag I -<br />

pyridine bridges. Following this coordination scheme, an infinite coordination polymer is<br />

generated as a meander-like interwoven, two-dimensional network. Within this “brickwall”-<br />

like framework, the [Fe II 4B4] 8+ -units are aligned in rows 2.15 nm apart, while the distance<br />

between two neighbouring “brickwalls” is around 1.56 nm (Figure 7).<br />

The represented results show that self-assembly processes using suitably designed<br />

molecular components can be implemented to construct the metallo-supramolecular brick<br />

modules [Fe4A4] 8+ (1) and, [Fe4B4] 8+ (2), displaying both the structural prerequisites which<br />

enable 1 and 2 to undergo a second self-assembly process. This second process leads in both<br />

cases to a hierarchically ordered, either one-dimensional “column”-like {-[Fe II 4A4]-(La III )}n 11+<br />

(3), or two-dimensional “brickwall”-like {-[Fe II 4B4]-(Ag I )4}n 12+ (4) architectures. The<br />

variation of the properties (herein magnetic) of the molecular architectures depending on<br />

progressing hierarchical levels of complexation will be shown in detail in chapter 6.1.<br />

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