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A trinuclear copper(II) complex with inositol and 2,2'-bipyridine forms a fibrous hydrogel at pH 12.4, the assembly of discrete trinuclear complex molecules to form the metallogel being assisted by H-bonding and inter- and intramolecular pi-stacking between the bipyridyls.
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