Nanoscale tectons

Manna, J., C.J. Kuehl, J.A. Whiteford, P.J. Stang, D.C. Muddiman, SA. Hofstadler, and R.D. Smith (1997). Nanoscale tectonics Self-assembly, characterization, and chemistry of a novel class of organoplatinum square macrocycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 11611-11619. 

At the nanoscale dimensional level it was shown by Hirsch et al. [276] that [60]-fullerenes could be used as a core tecton to construct a core-shell molecule with 7b-symmetrical Ceo core and an extraordinarily high branching multiplicity of 12. 

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