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Cover Picture: Ligand Functionality as a Versatile Tool to Control the Assembly Behavior of Preformed Titania Nanocrystals (Chem. Eur. J. 12/2005)
Author(s) -
Polleux Julien,
Pinicola,
Antonietti Markus,
Hess Christian,
Wild Ute,
Schlögl Robert,
Niederberger Markus
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200590036
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , cover (algebra) , octahedron , nanostructure , ligand (biochemistry) , materials science , nanotechnology , crystal (programming language) , molecule , crystallography , crystal structure , chemistry , computer science , engineering , organic chemistry , receptor , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , programming language
Fussy functionalized crystal faces of titania nanocrystals, represented by surface‐functionalized octahedra in the cover picture, are found to spontaneously assemble into highly anisotropic nanostructures by means of oriented attachment in the [001] direction. M. Niederberger et al. describe the assembly behavior of preformed titania nanopowders in terms of the type of organic “assembler” molecule bound to the crystal surface in their article on page 3541 ff.