Controlled self-assembly of electron donor nanotubes.
We employ a combination of urea-urea hydrogen bonds and pi-pi stacking interactions to obtain soluble self-assembled nanotubes decorated with electron-donor TTF derivatives on the periphery. We have investigated the structure and stability of the nanotubes with a combination of experiments and high-level DFT calculations. We also demonstrate that the association process can be controlled by changes in the hydrogen-bonding ability of the solvent and electrochemically.
López
Juan Luis
JL
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Pérez
Emilio M
EM
Viruela
Pedro M
PM
Viruela
Rafael
R
Ortí
Enrique
E
Martín
Nazario
N