In this Hot Paper Andrew C. Grimsdale and co-workers at Nanyang Technological University and University of Liverpool prepare 3D supramolecular networks using Zn(II) coordination of the tetraphenylmethane-based p-type and n-type molecules bearing four terpyridine ligands. The team also demonstrate that metal–ligand mediated self-assembly can be used to make two component systems in which the optical properties can be tuned by selection of the units.
New 3D supramolecular Zn(II)-coordinated self-assembled organic networks: Zheng Bang Lim, Hairong Li, Shuangyong Sun, Jun Yan Lek, Abbie Trewin, Yeng Ming Lam and Andrew C. Grimsdale, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6218-6231
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