1 MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. cesscy@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
2 MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. cesscy@mail.sysu.edu.cn and Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, Institut Europeen des Membranes, University of Montpellier ENSCM-UMR CNRS 5635, Place Eugene Bataillon CC047, Montpellier, F-34095, France. mihail-dumitru.barboiu@univ-montp2.fr.
Fully structural interconversions between monomeric Pd24 and interlocked dimeric Pd48 cages have been investigated to elucidate their thermodynamic stability defined by their anion-guest binding behaviours.