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Amphiphilic Porphyrin Nanocrystals: Morphology Tuning and Hierarchical Assembly
Author(s) -
Lee Suk Joong,
Malliakas Christos D.,
Kanatzidis Mercouri G.,
Hupp Joseph T.,
Nguyen SonBinh T.
Publication year - 2008
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.200800003
Subject(s) - porphyrin , materials science , nanocrystal , mesoscopic physics , amphiphile , morphology (biology) , nanotechnology , pulmonary surfactant , molecule , self assembly , chemical engineering , copolymer , photochemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , chemistry , biology , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
A hierarchical strategy for producing mesoscopic objects from discrete amphiphilic (porphyrin)Sn molecules is demonstrated. Vigorous stirring and/or microwave heating produced uniform porphyrin nanocrystals, whose morphology can be easily modulated. These nanocrystals can then be assembled together into macroscopic prisms with a simple surfactant or selectively partitioned into hydrophobic patterns on glass surfaces.
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