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Perfectly Straight Nanostructures of Metallosupramolecular Coordination‐Polyelectrolyte Amphiphile Complexes on Graphite
Author(s) -
Kurth Dirk G.,
Severin Nikolai,
Rabe Jürgen P.
Publication year - 2002
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(20021004)41:19<3681::aid-anie3681>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - amphiphile , graphite , nanostructure , nanoscopic scale , self assembly , nanotechnology , chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , polyelectrolyte , ion , materials science , crystallography , copolymer , organic chemistry , molecule , polymer
Multicomponent self‐assembly of transition‐metal ions, rigid ditopic metal ion receptors, amphiphiles, and alkanes leads to perfectly straight epitaxially oriented nanostructures on the basal plane of graphite (see schematic representation). The long‐chain alkanes act as a templating layer that enables the nanoscopic assemblies to be adsorbed in a predictable manner.