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Guiding the self-assembly of a second-generation polyphenylene dendrimer into well-defined patterns.
Small
; 4(8): 1160-7, 2008 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18651629
RESUMO
A second-generation polyphenylene dendrimer 1 is shown to self-assemble into nanofibers. To guide the formation of the dendrimer fibers into well-defined patterns, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane is grafted in the gas phase onto a silicon substrate. De-wetting of the solution on the nanopatterned surface results in the formation of a nanostructured template, into which fiber growth subsequently occurs under the constraints set by the de-wetted morphology.