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Synthesis of Free‐Standing, Monolayered Organometallic Sheets at the Air/Water Interface
Author(s) -
Bauer Thomas,
Zheng Zhikun,
Renn Alois,
Enning Raoul,
Stemmer Andreas,
Sakamoto Junji,
Schlüter A. Dieter
Publication year - 2011
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.201100669
Subject(s) - monomer , interface (matter) , substrate (aquarium) , nanotechnology , polymer , computer science , materials science , composite material , geology , contact angle , oceanography , sessile drop technique
Sheets and rational synthesis are not like fire and water! Hexafunctional terpyridine monomers can be laterally connected by metal salts to result in a mechanically stable, sheetlike entity that can be transferred from the air/water interface to a solid substrate (see the folded, ca. 1.4 nm thin film) and spanned over micrometer‐sized holes. This result is considered an important step on the way to 2D polymers.