Molecular Borromean rings

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5675, 2004, Pages 1308-1312

  Chichak, Kelly S ^a   Cantrill, Stuart J ^a   Pease, Anthony R ^a   Chiu, Sheng Hsien ^a   Cave, Gareth W V ^b   Atwood, Jerry L ^b   Stoddart, J Fraser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL BONDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BORROMEAN RINGS; DATIVE BONDS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BIPYRIDINE; COORDINATION COMPOUND; DIIMINOPYRIDINE; IMINE; LIGAND; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHIRALITY; COVALENT BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 2542610859     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096914     Document Type: Article

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42. Supported by an NSF grant (CHE0317170) and two equipment grants (CHE9974928 and CHE0092036), also from the NSF. Dedicated to the memory of Norma Stoddart, who helped in the editing of the manuscript before she died on 12 January 2004.