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Juráková J, Midlikova J, Hrubý J, Kliuikov A, Santana VT, Pavlik J, Moncol J, Cizmar E, Orlita M, Mohelsky I, Neugebauer P, Gentili D, Cavallini M, Salitros I. Pentacoordinate Cobalt(II) Single Ion Magnets with Pendant Alkyl Chains: Shall We Go for Chloride or Bromide? Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qi01350e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Four pentacoordinate complexes 1-4 of the type [Co(L1)X2] and [Co(L2)X2] (where L1=2,6-bis(1-octyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine for 1 and 2, L2=2,6-bis(1-dodecyl-1H-benzimidazol -2-yl)-pyridine for 3 and 4; X = Cl- for 1 and 3, X...
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Meng Z, Li G, Yiu S, Zhu N, Yu Z, Leung C, Manners I, Wong W. Nanoimprint Lithography‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Bimetallic Iron–M (M=Palladium, Platinum) Complexes for Magnetic Patterning. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202002685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Zhengong Meng
- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Waterloo Road Kowloon Tong Hong Kong P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Low-dimensional Materials Genome Initiative Shenzhen University Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultra-Precision Machining Technology and Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Waterloo Road Kowloon Tong Hong Kong P. R. China
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Hung Hom Hong Kong P. R. China
- PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute Shenzhen 518057 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Waterloo Road Kowloon Tong Hong Kong P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Low-dimensional Materials Genome Initiative Shenzhen University Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Victoria Victoria BC V8P 5C2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Hong Kong Baptist University Waterloo Road Kowloon Tong Hong Kong P. R. China
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Hung Hom Hong Kong P. R. China
- PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute Shenzhen 518057 P. R. China
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Meng Z, Li G, Yiu SC, Zhu N, Yu ZQ, Leung CW, Manners I, Wong WY. Nanoimprint Lithography-Directed Self-Assembly of Bimetallic Iron-M (M=Palladium, Platinum) Complexes for Magnetic Patterning. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:11521-11526. [PMID: 32243037 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Self-assembly of d8 metal polypyridine systems is a well-established approach for the creation of 1D organometallic assemblies but there are still challenges for the large-scale construction of nanostructured patterns from these building blocks. We describe herein the use of high-throughput nanoimprint lithography (NIL) to direct the self-assembly of the bimetallic complexes [4'-ferrocenyl-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)M(OAc)]+ (OAc)- (M=Pd or Pt; OAc=acetate). Uniform nanorods are fabricated from the molecular self-organization and evidenced by morphological characterization. More importantly, when top-down NIL is coupled with the bottom-up self-assembly of the organometallic building blocks, regular arrays of nanorods can be accessed and the patterns can be controlled by changing the lithographic stamp, where the mold imposes a confinement effect on the nanorod growth. In addition, patterns consisting of the products formed after pyrolysis are studied. The resulting arrays of ferromagnetic FeM alloy nanorods suggest promising potential for the scalable production of ordered magnetic arrays and fabrication of magnetic bit-patterned media.
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- Zhengong Meng
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Low-dimensional Materials Genome Initiative, Shenzhen University, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultra-Precision Machining Technology and Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China.,Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China.,PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Low-dimensional Materials Genome Initiative, Shenzhen University, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P. R. China.,Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hung Hom, Hong Kong, P. R. China.,PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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Chang F, van Ravensteijn BGP, Lacina KS, Kegel WK. Bifunctional Janus Spheres with Chemically Orthogonal Patches. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:714-718. [PMID: 35619528 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bifunctional Janus particles with patches carrying orthogonal surface functionalities that can be independently modified are widely seen as promising building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional materials due to their full compositional and geometrical programmability. However, synthesis of these colloids remains an elusive task as current scalable procedures are generally limited to monofunctional particles only. Herein, a scalable bulk wet-chemical synthetic method for fabricating bifunctional Janus particles following a two-step dispersion polymerization is developed. Patch formation on these colloids is driven by the spontaneous phase separation between a brominated outer shell and poly(propargyl acrylate) (p(PA)), formed after the seed particles were swollen with the corresponding monomer. The size ratio between the two patches is readily tunable by controlling the volumetric ratio between the feeding monomers. The distinct patches of these Janus particles carry chemical handles facilitating independent and orthogonal surface modification using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) and thiol-yne Click chemistry for the brominated and alkyne-containing patches, respectively. The presented route toward bifunctional patchy spheres provides a versatile starting point for the development of bifunctional colloidal particles with tailored directional properties.
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- Fuqiang Chang
- Van’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Van’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Van’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Jayalakshmi A, Kim IC, Kwon YN. Suppression of gold nanoparticle agglomeration and its separation via nylon membranes. Chin J Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Trannoy V, Faustini M, Grosso D, Brisset F, Beaunier P, Rivière E, Putero M, Bleuzen A. Spatially controlled positioning of coordination polymer nanoparticles onto heterogeneous nanostructured surfaces. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:5234-5243. [PMID: 28397932 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00024c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Prussian Blue Analog (PBA) nanoparticles were formed on a heterogeneous nanostructured surface made of an ordered nanoperforated titanium oxide thin film deposited on a gold layer. The study of the nanocomposite film by grazing-incidence wide angle X-ray scattering, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy shows that the PBA particles are precisely positioned within all the perforations of the oxide film over very large surface areas. Further investigation on the formation of the PBA particles demonstrates a decisive role of a heterogeneous nucleation of the coordination polymer driven by well-adjusted surfaces energies and reactant concentrations in the spatial positioning of the PBA particles. Thanks to the well-controlled positioning of the particles within the ordered nanoperforations, the latter were successfully used as nano crucibles for the local transformation of PBA into the corresponding metal alloy by heat treatment. The thin film heterostructure thus obtained, made of ferromagnetic islands isolated by diamagnetic walls, opens interesting perspectives for the design of magnetic storage devices.
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- V Trannoy
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France.
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Guardingo M, González-Monje P, Novio F, Bellido E, Busqué F, Molnár G, Bousseksou A, Ruiz-Molina D. Synthesis of Nanoscale Coordination Polymers in Femtoliter Reactors on Surfaces. ACS NANO 2016; 10:3206-3213. [PMID: 26839077 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the present work, AFM-assisted lithography was used to perform the synthesis of a coordination polymer inside femtoliter droplets deposited on surfaces. For this, solutions of the metal salt and the organic ligand were independently transferred to adjacent tips of the same AFM probe array and were sequentially delivered on the same position of the surface, creating femtoliter-sized reaction vessels where the coordination reaction and particle growth occurred. Alternatively, the two reagents were mixed in the cantilever array by loading an excess of the inks, and transferred to the surface immediately after, before the precipitation of the coordination polymer took place. The in situ synthesis allowed the reproducible obtaining of round-shaped coordination polymer nanostructures with control over their XY positioning on the surface, as characterized by microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.
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- Mireia Guardingo
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) , Campus UAB. Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , 205, route de Narbonne, Toulouse 31077 Cedex 04, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , 205, route de Narbonne, Toulouse 31077 Cedex 04, France
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Gentili D, Liscio F, Demitri N, Schäfer B, Borgatti F, Torelli P, Gobaut B, Panaccione G, Rossi G, Degli Esposti A, Gazzano M, Milita S, Bergenti I, Ruani G, Šalitroš I, Ruben M, Cavallini M. Surface induces different crystal structures in a room temperature switchable spin crossover compound. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:134-43. [PMID: 26575005 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt03712c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We investigated the influence of surfaces in the formation of different crystal structures of a spin crossover compound, namely [Fe(L)2] (LH: (2-(pyrazol-1-yl)-6-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)pyridine), which is a neutral compound thermally switchable around room temperature. We observed that the surface induces the formation of two different crystal structures, which exhibit opposite spin transitions, i.e. on heating them up to the transition temperature, one polymorph switches from high spin to low spin and the second polymorph switches irreversibly from low spin to high spin. We attributed this inversion to the presence of water molecules H-bonded to the complex tetrazolyl moieties in the crystals. Thin deposits were investigated by means of polarized optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and micro Raman spectroscopy; moreover the analysis of the Raman spectra and the interpretation of spin inversion were supported by DFT calculations.
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- Denis Gentili
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, (CNR-IMM) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza - Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Denmark
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza - Trieste, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, I-34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, I-34149 Trieste, Italy and Universita` di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (CNR-ISOF) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (CNR-ISOF) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, (CNR-IMM) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technology and Materials, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, 81237, Slovakia
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Denmark and Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 23, rue du Loess, BP 43, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
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Zhuang JL, Terfort A, Wöll C. Formation of oriented and patterned films of metal–organic frameworks by liquid phase epitaxy: A review. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Foschi G, Albonetti C, Liscio F, Milita S, Greco P, Biscarini F. Amorphous Aggregation of Amyloid Beta 1-40 Peptide in Confined Space. Chemphyschem 2015; 16:3379-84. [PMID: 26342212 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The amorphous aggregation of Aβ1-40 peptide is addressed by using micromolding in capillaries. Both the morphology and the size of the aggregates are modulated by changing the contact angle of the sub-micrometric channel walls. Upon decreasing the hydrophilicity of the channels, the aggregates change their morphology from small aligned drops to discontinuous lines, thereby keeping their amorphous structure. Aβ1-40 fibrils are observed at high contact angles.
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- Giulia Foschi
- Scriba Nanotecnologie S. r. L., Via Corticella 183 -, 40128, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati - ISMN, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, Via P. Gobetti 101 -, 40129, Bologna, Italy).
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- Istituto di Microelettronica e Microsistemi - IMM, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, Via P. Gobetti 101 -, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Microelettronica e Microsistemi - IMM, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, Via P. Gobetti 101 -, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Scriba Nanotecnologie S. r. L., Via Corticella 183 -, 40128, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, I-41125, Modena, Italy
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Li Y, Zhang X, Wang D, He F, Ni C, Chi L. Fabricating sub-100nm conducting polymer nanowires by edge nanoimprint lithography. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 458:300-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study of spin crossover compounds by means of theoretical or experimental approaches has provided interesting results in recent decades. The main feature of such compounds is the change in the spin state induced by many different external stimuli, i.e. temperature, light, pressure, solvent coordination and the electric field. Spin crossover systems are potentially more useful than other magnetic molecules because their switching behaviour can occur closer to room temperature, and they are thus candidates for use in spintronic devices. Here, I review the state of the art in quantum chemical approaches to the study of such systems and discuss experiments that have focused on transport properties in single-molecule, nano-objects or thin-film spin crossover systems.
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- Eliseo Ruiz
- Departament de Química Inorgànica and Centre de Recerca en Química Teòrica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Gentili D, Valle F, Albonetti C, Liscio F, Cavallini M. Self-organization of functional materials in confinement. Acc Chem Res 2014; 47:2692-9. [PMID: 25068634 DOI: 10.1021/ar500210d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This Account aims to describe our experience in the use of patterning techniques for addressing the self-organization processes of materials into spatially confined regions on technologically relevant surfaces. Functional properties of materials depend on their chemical structure, their assembly, and spatial distribution at the solid state; the combination of these factors determines their properties and their technological applications. In fact, by controlling the assembly processes and the spatial distribution of the resulting structures, functional materials can be guided to technological and specific applications. We considered the principal self-organizing processes, such as crystallization, dewetting and phase segregation. Usually, these phenomena produce defective molecular films, compromising their use in many technological applications. This issue can be overcome by using patterning techniques, which induce molecules to self-organize into well-defined patterned structures, by means of spatial confinement. In particular, we focus our attention on the confinement effect achieved by stamp-assisted deposition for controlling size, density, and positions of material assemblies, giving them new chemical/physical functionalities. We review the methods and principles of the stamp-assisted spatial confinement and we discuss how they can be advantageously exploited to control crystalline order/orientation, dewetting phenomena, and spontaneous phase segregation. Moreover, we highlight how physical/chemical properties of soluble functional materials can be driven in constructive ways, by integrating them into operating technological devices.
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- Denis Gentili
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) and ‡Istituto per
la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR-IMM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) and ‡Istituto per
la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR-IMM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) and ‡Istituto per
la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR-IMM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) and ‡Istituto per
la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR-IMM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) and ‡Istituto per
la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (CNR-IMM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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