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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Formation of hydroxyl-functionalized stilbenoid molecular sieves at the liquid/solid interface on top of a 1-decanol
Amandine Bellec1, Claire Arrigoni, Ludovic Douillard
1Nanophotonics Laboratory, Service de Physique de l'État Condensé, IRAMIS, CEA, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Abstract:
Specific molecular tectons can be designed to form molecular sieves through self-assembly at the solid-liquid interface. After demonstrating a model tecton bearing apolar alkyl chains, we then focus on a modified structure involving asymmetric functionalization of some alkyl chains with polar hydroxyl groups in order to get chemical selectivity in the sieving. As the formation of supramolecular self-assembled networks strongly depends on molecule-molecule, molecule-substrate and molecule-solvent interactions, we compared the tectons' self-assembly on graphite for two types of solvent. We demonstrate the possibility to create hydroxylated stilbenoid molecular sieves by using 1-decanol as a solvent. Interestingly, with this solvent, the porous network is developed on top of a 1-decanol monolayer.
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