Expedient fabrication of well-defined nanofibres from a macrocycle molecule: Solution-controlled self-assembly

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Zang, L ^a   Yen, M ^b   Balakrishnan, K ^c,d   Yang, X ^a   Moore, J S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

emission polarization; explosive; fluorescence; macrocyclic molecule; nanofibre; self assembly; sensor

Indexed keywords

ARYLENE; CHEMICAL REAGENTS; CONTROLLED SELF-ASSEMBLY; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; EMISSION POLARIZATION; EXCITON MIGRATION; FAST RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; LONG AXIS; MACROCYCLES; MACROCYCLIC MOLECULES; NANOFIBRES; PLANAR SHAPE; TETRACYCLE;

EXCITONS; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; NITRATION; POLARIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSORS;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 78651554637     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/17403499JNN190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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