A compound consists of a fractal-like, plain or organometallic array useful for energy storage devices. A dendrimer useful in the synthesis of the fractal-like compound includes a single ligating moiety bound to a surface of each quadrant of the dendrimer. A method of making metallo-based (macro) molecules includes the steps of combining monomers selected from the group consisting of bipyridal- and terpyridal-based ligands with connecting metals and self assembling macrocycles wherein the monomes are interconnected by the metals.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is the National Stage State, under 35. U.S.C. 371, of PCT/US00/40431, filed Jul. 20, 2000, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/145,785, filed Jul. 27, 1999, and is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/646,737, filed Nov. 22, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,399,717, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/079,413, filed Mar. 26, 1998, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
