Growth of narrowly dispersed porphyrin nanowires and their hierarchical assembly into macroscopic columns.
The self-assembly of amphiphilic (porphyrin)Sn 1 in an aqueous Pluronic F127 media results in the formation of narrowly dispersed nanowires. Variation of aqueous Pluronic concentrations allows for a systematic variation of porphyrin nanowire lengths while keeping their widths constant. These nanowires can be further assembled into secondary macroscopic columns.
Lee
Suk Joong
SJ
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Hupp
Joseph T
JT
Nguyen
SonBinh T
ST