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English:Platonic Hexahedron Composed of Six Organic Faces with an Inscribed Au Cluster 
Author
Japanese: 坂本 雅典, 田中大輔, Hironori Tsumoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, 皆川慶嘉, 真島豊, 寺西利治.  
English: Masanori Sakamoto, Daisuke Tanaka, Hironori Tsumoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Yoshihiro Minagawa, YUTAKA MAJIMA, Toshiharu Teranishi.  
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Journal/Book name
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English:Journal of the American Chemical Society 
Volume, Number, Page 134        816
Published date Dec. 21, 2011 
Publisher
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English:ACS Publications 
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/ja209634g
Abstract The structures of nanomaterials determine their individual properties and the suprastructures they can form. Introducing anisotropic shapes and/or interaction sites to isotropic nanoparticles has been proposed to extend the functionality and possible suprastructure motifs. Because of symmetric anisotropy, Platonic solids with regular polygon faces are one of the most promising nanoscale structures. Introduction of Platonic solid anisotropy to isotropic nanomaterials would expand the functionality and range of possible suprastructure motifs. Here, we demonstrate a novel strategy to obtain nano-Platonic solids through the face coordination of square porphyrins on an inscribed Au sphere with adequate size. The face coordination of the multidentate porphyrin derivatives, with four acetylthio groups facing the same direction, on the Au cluster encased the Au cluster in a Platonic hexahedron with six porphyrin faces. Transmission electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, and scanning tunnelling microscopy were used to confirm the formation of the nano-Platonic hexahedron.

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