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Synthesis of Information-bearing Peptoids and their Sequence-directed Dynamic Covalent Self-assembly
Published on: February 6, 2020
Assembly of diverse molecular aggregates with a single, substrate-directed molecule orientation
Frank Balzer1, Matthias Schulz2, Arne Lützen2
1NanoSyd, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, DK-6400 Sønderborg, Denmark. fbalzer@mci.sdu.dk.
Abstract:
Oriented, fluorescing organic nanoaggregates derived from 1,4'''-dicyano-functionalized para-quaterphenylene (CNP4) are obtained upon vacuum deposition on muscovite mica. Two types of aggregates are observed with fiber- and wing-like shape, respectively, both growing along distinct substrate directions. The polarization of the emitted fluorescence, their morphology, and their electric surface potential differ, reflecting different polymorphs. The wings are chiral twins. The molecules orient within ±5° along the same direction, templated by the substrate.
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