Both the topology and the mechanical strength of woven materials have inspired great synthetic efforts to replicate their structures at the nanoscale. Now, a triaxial weave has been prepared by self-assembly of a judiciously designed organic molecule through π–π and CH–π interactions.
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Liu, Y. Supramolecular basketry. Nature Chem 9, 1037–1038 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2883
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