Engineering the Cavity of Self-Assembled Dynamic Nanotubes

[en] By analogy with hydrogen-bonded molecular capsules, self-assembled nanotubes are of interest because they can temporarily isolate guest molecules from the solution. We show here that the stability of a particular bis-urea based dynamic self-assembled nanotube is related to the possibility for solvent molecules to fit inside the tubular cavity. The diameter of the cavity can be finely tuned by introducing a modified monomer in controlled amount.

Disciplines :

Chemistry
Physics

Author, co-author :

Isare, B.

Linares, M.

Lazzaroni, Roberto ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Bouteiller, L.

Language :

English

Title :

Engineering the Cavity of Self-Assembled Dynamic Nanotubes

Publication date :

19 March 2009

Journal title :

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

ISSN :

1520-6106

Publisher :

American Chemical Society, United States - District of Columbia

Volume :

113

Issue :

Pages :

3360-3364

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Research unit :

S817 - Chimie des matériaux nouveaux

Research institute :

R400 - Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux

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