Nanoassembly of a fractal polymer: a molecular "Sierpinski hexagonal gasket".
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Mathematics and art converge in the fractal forms that also abound in nature. We used molecular self-assembly to create a synthetic, nanometer-scale, Sierpinski hexagonal gasket. This nondendritic, perfectly self-similar fractal macromolecule is composed of bis-terpyridine building blocks that are bound together by coordination to 36 Ru and 6 Fe ions to form a nearly planar array of increasingly larger hexagons around a hollow center.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 312 5781 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006