title: Size-tunable supramolecular nanoparticles mediated by ternary cucurbit[8]uril host-guest interactions.
abstract: The formation of size-tunable, supramolecular nanoparticles (SNPs), employing cucurbit[8]uril-assisted naphthol-viologen charge-transfer complexes, is strongly time and temperature dependent. Yet, the ternary complex formation is fast at all temperatures employed. This indicates that SNP formation requires dynamic disassembly and reassembly of the constituting ternary complex units.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Nanofabrication group, MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stoffelen
authors.forename: Jurriaan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huskens