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Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 112 - 114, DOI: 10.1039/b915665h

Molecular tectonics: tubular crystals with controllable channel size and orientation

Mei-Jin Lin, Abdelaziz Jouaiti, David Pocic, Nathalie Kyritsakas, Jean-Marc Planeix and Mir Wais Hosseini

The combination of flexible neutral organic tectons based on two pyridines interconnected by a thioether or thioester type spacer with an inorganic ZnSiF6 pillar leads to the formation of 2-D coordination networks and the packing of the latter generates crystals offering controllable tubular channels with imposed orientation along the pillar axis.

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