title: Time-dependence structures of coordination network wires in solution.
abstract: We present a mechanochemistry-based procedure to isolate individual chains on surfaces of a ruthenium MMX polymer. After sonication of solutions containing the two building blocks of the mentioned MMX polymer, time-depending structures are formed in the solution. The architecture of the different structures obtained in this process, as a function of the time, is monitored using atomic force microscopy. The resulting structures exhibit uniform subnanometer diameters over microns length, in agreement with the expected diameter for an individual polymer chain. From the atomic force microscope images, we infer a long persistence length for the linear structures. Finally, the effect of the temperature solution in the formation of the different structures is also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Inorganica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Welte
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: González-Prieto
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olea
authors.forename: M Rosario
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Priego
authors.forename: Reyes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Aparicio
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez-Herrero
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamora
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011108:Polymers; D012996:Solutions; D012428:Ruthenium