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Supramolecular transformations within coordination-assembled architectures have attracted great attention over the past two decades because fundamental biomolecules are found to be capable of achieving biological functions through conformational changes.
Well-controlled interconversion between topologically complex superstructures may lay the foundation for achieving a variety of functions within a switchable system. The size, shape and nature properties between interconvertible cage-shaped molecules have been altered accompanied by the structural interconversions with the output of structurally dependent properties and functions.
In a study published in J. Am. Chem. Soc., the research group led by Prof. Sun Qingfu from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the controlled self-assembly of three topologically-unprecedented conjoined twin-cages, i.e. one stapled interlocked Pd