Self-Assembly of a Nanoscopic Prism via a New Organometallic Pt₃ Acceptor and Its Fluorescent Detection of Nitroaromatics

Abstract

A nanoscale-sized cage with a trigonal prismatic shape is prepared by coordination-driven self-assembly of a predesigned organometallic Pt3 acceptor with an organic clip-type ligand. This trigonal prism is fluorescent and undergoes efficient fluorescence quenching by nitroaromatics, which are the chemical signatures of many explosives