title: Topochemical polymerization of phenylacetylene macrocycles: a new strategy for the preparation of organic nanorods.
abstract: Soluble organic nanorods were prepared from phenylacetylene macrocycles using the topochemical polymerization of butadiyne moieties placed both inside and outside the macrocycles' skeletons. Macrocycles containing amide groups were self-assembled in a columnar fashion through the formation of an organogel in ethyl acetate. Upon irradiation with UV light, the Raman signals associated with butadiyne units completely vanished, indicating the creation of covalently linked nanorods.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chimie and Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (CERMA), Université Laval, 1045 Ave de la Médecine, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rondeau-Gagné
authors.forename: Jules Roméo
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Néabo
authors.forename: Maude
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desroches
authors.forename: Jérémie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larouche
authors.forename: Josée
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brisson
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D000114:Acetylene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization
chemical_list: D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; C044736:phenylacetylene; D000114:Acetylene