Issue 41, 2006
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Noncovalent nanoarchitectures on surfaces: from 2D to 3D nanostructures

Olga Crespo-Biel,a   Bart Jan Ravoo,a   David N. Reinhoudta  and  Jurriaan Huskens*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratories for Supramolecular Chemistry & Technology and Molecular Nanofabrication, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

b Strategic Research Orientation “Nanofabrication”, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
E-mail: j.huskens@utwente.nl

Abstract

Nanofabrication requires new methodologies for the assembly of molecular to micrometre-scale objects onto substrates in predetermined arrangements for the fabrication of two and three-dimensional nanostructures. The positioning and the organization of such structures into spatially well-defined arrays constitute a powerful strategy for the creation of materials structured at the molecular level, and to extend the desired properties of these materials to the macroscopic level. Self-assembly is the pathway that enables the formation of such structures, and the formation of multiple supramolecular interactions is the key to controlling the thermodynamics and kinetics of such assemblies. This article is devoted to some representative examples to assemble molecules and nanoparticles in solution and at surfaces based on noncovalent interactions as a tool for the construction of two and three-dimensional systems.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B608858A
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
22 Jun 2006
Accepted
26 Jul 2006
First published
14 Aug 2006

J. Mater. Chem., 2006,16, 3997-4021

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Noncovalent nanoarchitectures on surfaces: from 2D to 3D nanostructures

O. Crespo-Biel, B. J. Ravoo, D. N. Reinhoudt and J. Huskens, J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3997 DOI: 10.1039/B608858A

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