A templating approach for monodisperse self-assembled organic nanostructures

作者:Bull Steve R; Palmer Liam C; Fry Nathaniel J; Greenfield Megan A; Messmore Benjamin W; Meade Thomas J; Stupp Samuel I*
来源:Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(9): 2742-+.
DOI:10.1021/ja710749q

摘要

The precise structural control is known for self-assembly into closed spherical structures (e.g., micelles), but similar control of open structures is much more challenging. Inspired by natural tobacco mosaic virus, we present the use of a rigid-rod template to control the size of a one-dimensional self-assembly. We believe that this strategy is novel for organic self-assembly and should provide a general approach to controlling size and dimension.