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Supramolecular Templating of Single and Double Nanohelices of Cadmium Sulfide
Author(s) -
Sone Eli D.,
Zubarev Eugene R.,
Stupp Samuel I.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200500026
Subject(s) - ribbon , nucleation , cadmium sulfide , crystallite , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , crystallography , sulfide , chemistry , crystal structure , metallurgy , organic chemistry , composite material
Spiraling into control : Single and double nanohelices of cadmium sulfide (CdS) are produced from growth on a self‐assembled organic template. Nucleation and growth of CdS on one side of the twisted ribbon‐like template leads to single helices of polycrystalline CdS, while nucleation and growth on both sides of the ribbon leads to double helices (see scheme). The early stages of the mineralization process give insight into the templating mechanism that produces these structures.