self-assembled nanoarchitectures: thin-film-based nanoarchitectures for soft matter: controlled...
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Thin-Film-Based Nanoarchitectures for Soft Matter: Controlled Assemblies into Two-Dimensional WorldsK. Sakakibara,* J. P. Hill, K. Ariga*
10/2011
NanoarchitecturesUnder appropriate conditions, small molecular and polymeric building blocks self-assemble into various nanoarchitectures including thin fi lms and 1D structures. This image illustrates dynamic self-assembly of nanowires with highly monodisperse dimensions from small amphiphilic porphyrin molecules at a solid substrate. Resulting nanostructures can be manipulated by obliteration and regrowth using a probe microscope tip. Intermolecular interactions at interfaces supply an important route for preparation of similar fi nely structured functional thin-fi lm materials at the molecular and nanometric levels.
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