1 Institut Européen des Membranes - ENSCM-UMII-CNRS 5635, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 047, F-34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. mihai.barboiu@iemm.univ-montp2.fr
Zn(2+) and Pb(2+) and ligands and self-assemble in solution to generate DCLs of interexchanging metallosupramolecular subcomponents, which convert into robust species of unique stoichiometry via constitutional crystallization.