Two (AgI3I)4L4 cages elucidate the rules for silver-cluster vertex design
Here, we report two (Ag<sup>I</sup><sub>3</sub>I)<sub>4</sub>L<sub>4</sub> metal-organic cages that each contain a previously unobserved trisilver(I) iodide cluster at their vertices. Clusters containing fewer than 10 Ag<sup>I</sup> ions are challenging to synthesize in an atomically precise manner. Previous work has demonstrated the potential of the approach of generating such clusters during the formation of higher-order metal-organic cage superstructures, but too few examples were known for design principles to be deciphered. Through analysis of the set of such cages reported herein and previously, we elaborate a set of design principles for their synthesis.
Authors
- Petr Rozhin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-5975)
- Tanya K. Ronson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-3685)
- Silvia Marchesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6089-3873)
- Andrew W. Heard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6815-4618)
- Jonathan R. Nitschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-5122)
- Samuel E. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-1370)
- Charlie T. McTernan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-0663)
- Barbara Rossi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-8074)
Institutions
- University of Trieste (IT)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- The Francis Crick Institute (GB)
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chem
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102456
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.59
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Diamond Light Source
- Astex Pharmaceuticals
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste
- Leverhulme Trust
- Isaac Newton Trust
- Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council