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Cross‐Section Molecular Imaging of Supramolecular Microtubes with Contact Atomic Force Microscopy
Author(s) -
Shimizu Toshimi,
Ohnishi Satomi,
Kogiso Masaki
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3260::aid-anie3260>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - bent molecular geometry , supramolecular chemistry , atomic force microscopy , microscopy , materials science , nanotechnology , molecule , membrane , tube (container) , crystallography , chemistry , optics , composite material , physics , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Bent molecules, distorted layers, columnar domains, and tube membranes (shown schematically in the picture): These hierarchical layers were directly visualized by contact atomic force microscopy along the long axes of the molecules aligned within microtubes made up of bolaamphiphile 1 by self‐assembly.