Formation of patches on 3D SAMs driven by thiols with immiscible chains observed by ESR spectroscopy.
Beyond stripes: The extreme lipophobicity of perfluorinated chains attached to amphiphilic thiolates triggers the formation of "stars" (or patches) surrounded by amphiphilic alkylthiolates in three-dimensional self-assembled monolayers. This strategy led to the first example of a water-soluble multicompartment monolayer wrapped around a gold core.
Gentilini
Cristina
C
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e INSTM, Unità di Trieste, Università di Trieste via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Franchi
Paola
P
Mileo
Elisabetta
E
Polizzi
Stefano
S
Lucarini
Marco
M
Pasquato
Lucia
L