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Electric‐Field‐Assisted Alignment of Supramolecular Fibers
Author(s) -
Sardone L.,
Palermo V.,
Devaux E.,
Credgington D.,
de Loos M.,
Marletta G.,
Cacialli F.,
van Esch J.,
Samorì P.
Publication year - 2006
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.200600269
Subject(s) - dipole , supramolecular chemistry , electric field , materials science , nanofiber , substrate (aquarium) , field (mathematics) , electrode , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , crystallography , physics , chemistry , oceanography , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geology , pure mathematics , crystal structure
Supramolecular fibers possessing an intrinsic large dipole moment can be manipulated with a DC electric field, triggering their alignment in preferred directions on a patterned surface made of Au electrodes supported on an insulating SiO x /Si substrate. The figure shows the electric‐field stream lines over the electrodes used to align the nanofibers, calculated using finite element analysis.