Persistent, well-defined, monodisperse, π-conjugated organic nanoparticles via G-quadruplex self-assembly

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4710-4719

  González Rodríguez, David ^a   Janssen, Pim G A ^b   Martín Rapn, Rafael ^b   Cat, Inge De ^c   Feyter, Steven De ^c   Schenning, Albertus P H J ^b   Meijer, E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; APOLAR MEDIA; BATHOCHROMIC ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; CONJUGATED OLIGOMER; COTTON EFFECTS; EMISSION SHIFTS; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MOLECULES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; G-QUARTET; GUANINE MOIETY; GUANOSINES; MONODISPERSE; ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; P-PHENYLENE; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS; POTASSIUM SALTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SOLID SUBSTRATES; STERIC HINDRANCES;

FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGOMERS; PALLADIUM; POSITIVE IONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SALTS;

GUANINE; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGOMER; POTASSIUM SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOFABRICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALIES; CATALYSIS; GUANINE; GUANOSINE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYLS; SALTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77950793299     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja908537k     Document Type: Article

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