The bis-salphen Zn( ii ) unit: a versatile building block for self-assembled heteroleptic coordination cages
Abstract
= 6%), while cage 2 is non-emissive. This emission quenching can be attributed to the electron-withdrawing nature of the triazine ligand, which dominates the electronic relaxation pathway of the Zn2L unit. Although both cages successfully bind aromatic guests in host-guest studies, their encapsulation results in partial cage decomposition, which prevents further investigation of whether cage 1 qualifies as an optical sensor material. However, the findings herein introduce a versatile route to emissive bis-salphen coordination cages, marking a significant step towards developing new heteroleptic zinc(II) cages for optical sensing.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Magnetism in coordination complexes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Nanoscale
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 7002–7009
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN