Fractal assembly in discrete structures,especially for artificial supramolecular species,has attracted significantly increased interest over the past two decades.In this study,we present the precisely controlled fract...Fractal assembly in discrete structures,especially for artificial supramolecular species,has attracted significantly increased interest over the past two decades.In this study,we present the precisely controlled fractal expanding synthesis of a novel triangular prism supramolecule featuring Sierpiński triangular face,which was achieved through a module-intervened self-expansion strategy.The homoleptic S1 was firstly synthesized through the assembly of ligand L1 with Zn^(2+)ions.Based on the triangular-faced prism S1,we further introduced Sierpiński triangular faces on the section of the heteroleptic supramolecular cage S2 with an expanded inner cavity and more abundant active sites for photocatalytic properties.The topotactic architectures for both S1 and S2 were fully characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry,transmission electron microscopy,and atomic force microscopy.Furthermore,the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the fractal expanded S2 was performed via the superior amine oxidative efficiency over S1.This study proposes the unprecedented fractal expanding strategy for three-dimensional supramolecular species with higher complexity,potentially opening new avenues for structural regulation of artificial fractal molecules.展开更多
The compressibility properties of systems consisting of generic rotating rigid triangles are analyzed and discussed. It is shown that these systems which are usually associated with auxeticity can exhibit strongly ani...The compressibility properties of systems consisting of generic rotating rigid triangles are analyzed and discussed. It is shown that these systems which are usually associated with auxeticity can exhibit strongly anisotropic properties for certain conformations, which may give rise to the anomalous property of negative linear compressibility （NLC）, that is, the system with particular geometry will expand along one direction when loaded hydrostatically. It is also shown that through carefully choosing the geometric features （i.e. the dimensions and the alignment of the rotating triangles as well as the angles between them） and the direction along which the linear compressibility is measured, one may control the magnitude and range of the NLC. All this provides a novel but effective method of manufacturing the systems which can be tailored to achieve particular values of NLC to fit particular practical applications.展开更多
基金supported by the Major Science and Technology Projects of Yunnan Province(No.202302AB080016)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22101060,22371056,and 52303269)the Science and Technology Research Project of Guangzhou(Nos.202201020201 and 2023A03J0624)。
文摘Fractal assembly in discrete structures,especially for artificial supramolecular species,has attracted significantly increased interest over the past two decades.In this study,we present the precisely controlled fractal expanding synthesis of a novel triangular prism supramolecule featuring Sierpiński triangular face,which was achieved through a module-intervened self-expansion strategy.The homoleptic S1 was firstly synthesized through the assembly of ligand L1 with Zn^(2+)ions.Based on the triangular-faced prism S1,we further introduced Sierpiński triangular faces on the section of the heteroleptic supramolecular cage S2 with an expanded inner cavity and more abundant active sites for photocatalytic properties.The topotactic architectures for both S1 and S2 were fully characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry,transmission electron microscopy,and atomic force microscopy.Furthermore,the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the fractal expanded S2 was performed via the superior amine oxidative efficiency over S1.This study proposes the unprecedented fractal expanding strategy for three-dimensional supramolecular species with higher complexity,potentially opening new avenues for structural regulation of artificial fractal molecules.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51475208)
文摘The compressibility properties of systems consisting of generic rotating rigid triangles are analyzed and discussed. It is shown that these systems which are usually associated with auxeticity can exhibit strongly anisotropic properties for certain conformations, which may give rise to the anomalous property of negative linear compressibility （NLC）, that is, the system with particular geometry will expand along one direction when loaded hydrostatically. It is also shown that through carefully choosing the geometric features （i.e. the dimensions and the alignment of the rotating triangles as well as the angles between them） and the direction along which the linear compressibility is measured, one may control the magnitude and range of the NLC. All this provides a novel but effective method of manufacturing the systems which can be tailored to achieve particular values of NLC to fit particular practical applications.
