Hierarchical self-assembly of triangular metallodendrimers into the ordered nanostructures

We designed and synthesized of a new family of 60° dendritic dipyridyl donors, from which two novel triangular metallodendrimers were successfully prepared via [3 + 3] coordination-driven self-assembly. Interestingly, both first- and second-generation metallodendrimers were able to hierarchically self-assembly into the ordered nanostructures. Further investigation revealed that the morphologies of the obtained metallodendrimers were highly depended on the dendron generation.