Volume 43, Issue 42 p. 5555

Cover Picture: Finite, Spherical Coordination Networks that Self-Organize from 36 Small Components (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2004)

Masahide Tominaga Dr.

Masahide Tominaga Dr.

Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-7257

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Keisuke Suzuki

Keisuke Suzuki

Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-7257

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Masaki Kawano Dr.

Masaki Kawano Dr.

Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-7257

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Takahiro Kusukawa Dr.

Takahiro Kusukawa Dr.

Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-7257

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Tomoji Ozeki Dr.

Tomoji Ozeki Dr.

Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

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Shigeru Sakamoto Dr.

Shigeru Sakamoto Dr.

Chemical Analysis Center, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

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Kentaro Yamaguchi Prof.

Kentaro Yamaguchi Prof.

Chemical Analysis Center, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

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Makoto Fujita Prof.

Makoto Fujita Prof.

Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-7257

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First published: 20 October 2004

Abstract

Molecular spheres can be readily formed. The cover picture shows the crystal structure of a spherical complex that spontaneously forms from 36 small components (12 Pd2+ ions and 24 bent ligands). In their Communication on page 5621 ff., M. Fujita and co-workers describe the self-assembly of this almost 4-nm diameter hollow complex which is soluble in polar media and stable under STM and CSI-MS conditions. The functionalization of its periphery with fullerenes or porphyrins is also described. (The graphics were prepared by Dr. Akito Hori.)

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