Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.111, No.28, 8063-8068, 2007
Spontaneously aggregated chiral nanostructures from achiral tripod-terpyridine
A chiral tripod-terpyridine ligand is known to coordinate with Ag+. These complexes self-assemble into chiral aggregates at room temperature. Molecular dynamic simulation reveals the cooperation of tripodal ligand structures with Ag(I) cations, which leads to the formation of helical aggregations, thus the chirality.