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Controlled Self‐Assembly—Synthetic Tunability and Covalent Capture of Nanoscale Gel Morphologies
Author(s) -
Coates Ian A.,
Smith David K.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200900858
Subject(s) - covalent bond , nanoscopic scale , materials science , alkene , nanotechnology , metathesis , self assembly , hydrogen bond , chemical engineering , molecule , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , polymer , polymerization , composite material , engineering
Tuning structures : We report a synthetically simple yet structurally rich gelator that self‐assembles through hydrogen bonding under different cooling regimes into different nanoscale morphologies (see figure), which can be covalently captured and stabilised by alkene metathesis.