Directing the assembly of charged organic molecules by a hydrophilic-hydrophobic nanostructured monolayer at electrified interfaces.
Nanostructured monolayers of water-insoluble amphiphilic 5-alkoxy-isophthalic acids direct the reversible self-assembly of water-soluble positively and negatively charged molecules under electrochemical control. The surface potential is in control of the monolayer composition, structure, and guest dynamics.
S Klymchenko
Andrey
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Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200-F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. aklymchenko@pharma.u-strasbg.fr
Furukawa
Shuhei
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Van der Auweraer
Mark
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Müllen
Klaus
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De Feyter
Steven
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