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Published on: August 2, 2012
Evolution of nano- to microsized spherical assemblies of fluorogenic biscalix[4]arenes into supramolecular organogels
Chia-Chen Tsai1, Kai-Chi Chang, I-Ting Ho
1Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050, Republic of China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 8, 2013
Abstract:
A biscalix[4]arene ( capable of spontaneous self-assembly into nanoparticles and microspheres in CH3CN was serendipitously observed, and it eventually formed stable blue-light emitting supramolecular organogels.
