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Synthesis of hydrophobic derivatives of the G/\C base for rosette nanotube self-assembly in apolar media
Grigory Tikhomirov1, Martins Oderinde, Darren Makeiff
1National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|May 2, 2008
Abstract:
Eleven self-complementary G/\C derivatives bearing hydrophobic moieties were synthesized and characterized. One representative derivative from this family was shown to self-assemble into rosette nanotubes in hexane and form Langmuir-Blodgett films at the air-water interface.

