Engineering spherical nanostructures through hydrogen bonds.
Chromophoric acetylenic scaffolds bearing complementary uracyl and 2,6-di(acetylamino)pyridyl moieties undergo supramolecular recognition and generate uniform nanoparticles, as observed by UV-Vis, AFM and TEM measurements.
Yoosaf
K
K
Molecular Photoscience Group, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISOF), Bologna, Italy.
Belbakra
Abdelhalim
A
Armaroli
Nicola
N
Llanes-Pallas
Anna
A
Bonifazi
Davide
D
D000114:Acetylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D000631:Aminopyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014529:Uridine / Q000737:chemistry*
D000631:Aminopyridines; D000114:Acetylene; D014529:Uridine