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Water Chains in Hydrophobic Crystal Channels: Nanoporous Materials as Supramolecular Analogues of Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Natarajan Ramalingam,
Charmant Jonathan P. H.,
Orpen A. Guy,
Davis Anthony P.
Publication year - 2010
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.201002418
Subject(s) - nanoporous , carbon nanotube , supramolecular chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , water channel , carbon fibers , carbon chain , crystal structure , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , geology , composite number , geomorphology , inlet
Pore design : Nanoporous steroidal crystals can be engineered for a range of channel properties. For example, the walls may be coated with aromatic groups to mimic the interior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The pores in these structures are occupied by “water wires”, as proposed for water in CNTs themselves.