title: Self-assembly of a tetrapodal adamantane with carbazole branches into hollow spherical aggregates in organic media.
abstract: A hydrophobic tetrapodal molecule is composed of carbazole units at the periphery linked by a phenyl spacer on an adamantane core. Tetrapodal adamantane self-assembles into hollow spherical aggregates with a multilayer membrane in organic media. The spherical assembly size is dependent on the organic solvent used. Hollow spheres can entrap guest molecules within their internal spaces. By increasing the concentrations of tetrapodal molecules, hollow spheres fused into necklace-shaped nanostructures and two-dimensional networks were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University , 1314-1 Shido, Sanuki, Kagawa 769-2193, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneta
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minamoto
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Azumaya
mesh_terms: D000218:Adamantane / Q000737:chemistry*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D011108:Polymers; D011758:Pyrroles; D012997:Solvents; D000218:Adamantane