Nanospheres from coordination polymers of Ag+ with a highly hydrophilic thiol ligand formed in situ from dynamic covalent binding and a hydrophobic thiol

Abstract

A supramolecular nanosphere with a diameter of 8.7 nm is obtained in an aqueous alkaline solution via glucose binding to a boronic acid-based thiol (4-MPBA) as a hydrophilic ligand, together with a hydrophobic thiol ligand n-C8H17SH.