Kinetically controlled assembly of a spirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon into polyhedral micro/nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5309-5319

  Lin, Zong Qiong ^a,b,d   Sun, Peng Ju ^a   Tay, Yee Yan ^b,c   Liang, Jing ^a   Liu, Yi ^b   Shi, Nai En ^a   Xie, Ling Hai ^a,d   Yi, Ming Dong ^a   Qian, Yan ^a   Fan, Qu Li ^a   Zhang, Hua ^b   Hng, Huey Hoon ^b,c   Ma, Jan ^b   Zhang, Qichun ^b   Huang, Wei ^a,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Jiangsu Singapore Joint Research Center for Organic/Bio Electronics and Information Displays   (China)

Author keywords

cruciform shaped molecules; kinetic crystal growth; polyhedron; spirocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; supramolecular assembly; surfactant

Indexed keywords

CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; COHESIVE ENERGIES; CRYSTAL FACETS; GROWTH PARAMETERS; HETEROGENEOUS KINETICS; KINETIC GROWTH; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED; MONO-DISPERSED; PLURONICS; POLYHEDRON; SELF-ASSEMBLE; STERIC HINDRANCES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR SYNTHONS; XRD , TEM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

NANOPARTICLE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862881117     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3011398     Document Type: Article

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