Cocrystallization and encapsulation of a fluorophore with hexameric pyrogallol[4]arene nanocapsules: Structural and fluorescence studies

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 42, 2006, Pages 7019-7022

  Dalgarno, Scott J ^a   Bassil, Daniel B ^a   Tucker, Sheryl A ^a   Atwood, Jerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Charge transfer; Fluorescence; Structure elucidation; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZERS; ENCAPSULATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CALIXARENES; DIMETHYLANILINES; HEXAMERS; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750604914     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601961     Document Type: Article

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