The composition and structure of self-assembled coordination cages are very sensitive to subtle changes in the geometry of the bent organic ligands that are used to stitch together the metal ions.
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Sun, Q.-F. et al. Self-assembled M24L48 polyhedra and their sharp structural switch upon subtle ligand variation. Science 328, 1144–1147 (2010).
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Cantrill, S. Bent into shape. Nature Chem (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.740
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