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Self‐assembled wires and channels
Author(s) -
van Nostrum Cornelus F.
Publication year - 1996
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.19960081221
Subject(s) - materials science , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , alkoxy group , nanotechnology , liquid crystal , discotic liquid crystal , charge (physics) , chain (unit) , liquid crystalline , molecular wire , optoelectronics , crystallography , molecule , organic chemistry , crystal structure , chemistry , alkyl , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy
Supramolecular wires and channels are one‐dimensional molecular materials capable of transporting charge, etc. in a predefined direction. Examples are given of wires and channels that have been formed by self‐assembly in the liquid‐crystalline state or in solution, for example from alkoxy‐substituted triphenylenes (see Figure; R = aliphatic chain), using various approaches. The underlying principles are stressed.