Integrative Self-Sorting Synthesis of a Fe8Pt6L_(24) Cubic Cage

摘要

The many different chemical processes associated with life run in parallel within the cytoplasm of a cell. These processes are not spatially separated by membranes, yet they do not interfere with each other. The biomolecular agents of these processes can be said to undergo self-sorting, which is defined as "the high-fidelity recognition of self from nonself", into the locally organized systems that achieve individual functions. The goal of creating synthetic self-sorting systems is thus inspired in part by the prospect of synthesizing functional supramolecular systems that carry out different processes together in solution.