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Mass sensitive detection of solvent vapors with calix[n]arenes—conformational adaptation to the analyte
Author(s) -
Dickert Franz L.,
Schuster Oliver
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930051108
Subject(s) - calixarene , analyte , materials science , molecule , flexibility (engineering) , solvent , ideal (ethics) , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology
Calixarenes have a hig molecular flexibility, facilitating an optimized adaptation to the shape of a large variety of guest molecules. Large substituents result in conformationally rigid compounds (Figure) but other calixarenes are ideal for coatings exhibiting high chemical sensitivity.