The equilibrium structure of self-assembled protein nano-cages

Hexanuclear self-assembled arene-ruthenium nano-prismatic cages: potential anticancer agents.

Two novel nano-cage compounds, 8 and 9, were prepared by self-assembly of the ruthenium complexes 4 and 5, and the tripodal donor 1. The cytotoxicity of 8 was found to be considerably stronger than that of cisplatin. The complex 8 inhibited tumor cell proliferation by interfering into regulatory pathways of the cell cycle via apoptosis.

Self Assembled Nano-Devices Using DNA

Self-assembled supramolecular cages containing ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes.

Substitution-inert, redox- and photo-active ruthenium(II) complexes based on 2,2',6',2''-terpyridine ligands were self-assembled into discrete supramolecular cages via coordination to palladium(II) centres and characterised by NMR, ESI-MS and X-ray crystallography.

Self-assembled coordination cages based on banana-shaped ligands.

The combination of pyridyl ligands and square-planar Pd(ii) or Pt(ii) cations has proven to be a very reliable recipe for the realization of supramolecular self-assemblies. This tutorial review deals with the design, synthesis and host-guest chemistry of discrete coordination cages built according to this strategy. The focus is set on structures obeying the formula [PdnL2n] (n = 2-4). The most ...

Modular self-assembled multiporphyrin cages with tunable shape.

Three new molecular cages-a trigonal prism (2) and two cubic-shaped boxes of increasing size (3, 4)-featuring as many as 10 porphyrins were obtained in quantitative yields by self-assembly of a single bis-zincporphyrin metallacycle (1) with appropriate polytopic N-linkers: the trigonal planar tpt or the cruciform porphyrins 4'-TPyP and 4'-TPhPyP.