Molecular tectonics: 3-D organisation of decanuclear silver nanoclusters

Abstract

The combination of silver nitrate with a thiacalix[4]arene derivative bearing at the lower rim four benzonitrile groups leads in the crystalline phase to the formation of a 3-D coordination network in which the organic tectons are connected by decanuclear silver nanoclusters. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2009.