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Making Use of Bond Strength and Steric Hindrance in Nanoscale “Synthesis”
Author(s) -
Wei Yanhu,
Bishop Kyle J. M.,
Kim Jiwon,
Soh Siowling,
Grzybowski Bartosz A.
Publication year - 2009
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/anie.200903864
Subject(s) - steric effects , nanoscopic scale , nanoparticle , bond strength , nanotechnology , bonding strength , chemistry , materials science , computer science , stereochemistry , composite material , adhesive , layer (electronics)
The chemical concepts of bond strength and steric hindrance are extended to the nanoscale to control “reactions” of composite nanoparticles into primitive “nanomolecules” of well‐defined shapes and sizes. The progress of these nanoscale transformations is controlled by an interplay between the strength of bonding between particles' reactive domains and the entropic effects because of the bulkiness of the unreactive parts.