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Merging of Hard Spheres by Phototriggered Micromanipulation
Author(s) -
Dol Georg C.,
Tsuda Kenji,
Weener JanWillem,
Bartels Marcel J.,
Asavei Theodor,
Gensch Thomas,
Hofkens Johan,
Latterini Loredana,
Schenning Albert P. H. J.,
Meijer Bert W.,
De Schryver Frans C.
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1710::aid-anie17100>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - merge (version control) , spheres , dendrimer , micrometer , nanotechnology , hard spheres , materials science , physics , computer science , polymer chemistry , optics , parallel computing , quantum mechanics , astronomy
Micrometer‐level billiards or rod‐formation: The careful design of poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers enables the physical properties of self‐assembled vesicular structures to be tuned so that they behave as hard spheres that either undergo collision in a billiardlike manner or merge (see picture).