Self-assembly through hydrogen bonding: Structures based on cyanuric acid-melamine
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
The authors are developing molecular self-assembly as a strategy for synthesizing large hydrogen-bonded supramolecular aggregates that are based on the lattice believed to form between equimolar portions of cyanuric acid and melamine. These aggregates contain two to ten individual molecules, are stabilized by networks of 18 to 54 hydrogen bonds, and have molecular weights in the range 1.8 to 7.6 kDa. The authors are using these structures to assess the value of molecular self-assembly for the preparation of highly designed structures whose dimensions are on the nanometer scale. In particular, the authors wish to use the techniques of physical-organic chemistry to (i) improve the criteria for the design of self-assembling structures and (ii) develop techniques for characterizing non-covalently bound aggregates in organic solution.
- OSTI ID:
- 141598
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930304--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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