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Synfacts 2011(2): 0151-0151  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259254
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Unquenched Fluorescent Metal Nanocages

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, D. Barney Walker
A. Kaloudi-Chantzea, N. Karakostas, C. P. Raptopoulou, V. Psycharis, E. Saridakis, J. Griebel, R. Hermann, G. Pistolis*
NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece; Universität Leipzig, Germany
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19 January 2011 (online)

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The authors describe the facile preparation of an intensely fluorescent rhomboid cavitand from the self-assembly of Bodipy 1 with a platinum(II) salt. Unlike almost all coordination-driven self-assembled chromophoric systems, 2 retains the excellent photophysical properties of the parent Bodipy. This is most likely due to the rigid molecular architecture suppressing energy transfer from the dye to the metal ion.