Paraffinic metal-organic polyhedrons: solution-processable porous modules exhibiting three-dimensional molecular order.

Metal-organic polyhedral cages substituted with paraffinic side chains were designed as solution-processable porous modules, which provide soft materials possessing self-organized cavity structures with three-dimensional molecular order in a lyotropic mesophase. The macroscopic shape of the resulting soft materials can be easily modified through solution-based processes.