From supramolecular organoplatinum(II) nanowires to platinum-containing nanocomposites

Wei Lu; Kwan-Ming Ng; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1002/asia.200900001

From supramolecular organoplatinum(II) nanowires to platinum-containing nanocomposites

Chem Asian J. 2009 Jun 2;4(6):830-834. doi: 10.1002/asia.200900001.

Authors

Wei Lu¹, Kwan-Ming Ng¹, Chi-Ming Che¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China, Fax: (+852) 2857-1586.

PMID: 19347891
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900001

Abstract

Sorting themselves out: Organometallic supramolecular nanowires are self-assembled from hybrid cyclometalated Pt(II) complexes and used as templates or precursors for various nanocomposites, such as Pt@SiO(2) nanotubes and Pt@carbon nanolayers.