Issue 20, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Luminescent metallogels of platinum(ii) terpyridyl complexes: interplay of metal⋯metal, π–π and hydrophobic–hydrophobic interactions on gel formation†

Anthony Yiu-Yan Tam,a   Keith Man-Chung Wong,a   Guoxin Wanga  and  Vivian Wing-Wah Yam*a  

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a Centre for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Metal-Based Materials Research, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Abstract

A series of platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes has been demonstrated to show gelation properties driven by Pt⋯Pt and π–π interactions in addition to hydrophobic–hydrophobic interactions; counter-anions have been found to affect strongly the colour of the metallogel.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B705062C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Apr 2007
Accepted
19 Apr 2007
First published
27 Apr 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 2028-2030

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Luminescent metallogels of platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes: interplay of metal⋯metal, π–π and hydrophobic–hydrophobic interactions on gel formation

A. Y. Tam, K. M. Wong, G. Wang and V. W. Yam, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2028 DOI: 10.1039/B705062C

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