title: A spreader-bar approach to molecular architecture: formation of stable artificial chemoreceptors.
abstract: The destructive influence of lateral diffusion on nanostructured monolayers can be prevented by using the spreader-bar technique. This approach allows the formation of stable artificial receptors for barbituric acid by lateral structuring of a dodecanethiol monolayer with molecular spreader-bars from thiobarbituric acid without chemical polymerization (see schematic representation). The new technique may have applications in chemosensors, affinity chromatography, stereoselective catalysis, and molecular electronics.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Analytische Chemie Chemo- and Biosensorik der Universität, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Fax: (+49) 941-943-4064. vladimir.mirsky@chemie.uni-regensburg.de.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mirsky
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Piletsky
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Wolfbeis
keywords: Molecular architecture; Molecular recognition; Monolayers; Nanostructures; Sensors