Patent ID: 7811675

Claim:
A supramolecule comprising at least two repeating structural units represented by the formula: wherein M is zinc; R is independently in each occurrence and is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, or recognized donor or acceptor groups; X is independently in each occurrence and is a nitrogen or a carbon atom; R′ is alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, alkyl, heteroaryl, alkyl ketone, aryl ketone, heteroaryl ketone, alkylester, arylester, arylamide, heteroarylester, heteroarylamide, alkylthio, arylthio, 2′,5′-bis(alkyloxy)-1,1′, 4′,1″-terphenyl, 2,7-diphenyl-9,9-alkyl-9H-fluorene, phenylenevinylene, fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, amine, carboxylate, sulfonyl, alkyleneoxy, polyalkyleneoxy, or a combination thereof; n is an integer 2 to 100,000; Z is a counter ion and is acetate, acetylacetonate, cyclohexanebutyrate, ethylhexanoate, hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoroacetylacetonate, phosphate, sulfate, or tetrafluoroborate; and y is an integer of 0 to 4.