Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 72-75

  O'Sullivan, Melanie C ^a   Sprafke, Johannes K ^a   Kondratuk, Dmitry V ^a   Rinfray, Corentin ^a   Claridge, Timothy D W ^a   Saywell, Alex ^b   Blunt, Matthew O ^b   O'Shea, James N ^b   Beton, Peter H ^b   Malfois, Marc ^c   Anderson, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

DIAMETER; ION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; VERNIER TEMPLATING;

EID: 78650984700     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09683     Document Type: Article

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