Self-assembled arrays of single-walled metal-organic nanotubes
Journal
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
50
Pages
9461-9464
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
Abstract
[Chemical equation presented] Dragon's lair: A large, single-walled metal-organic nanotube (MONT) with an exterior diameter of up to 3.2 nm and an interal channel diameter of 1.4 nm is presented. The tube can be depicted as hexastranded helices consisting of three right-handed and three left-handed helical chains, and resembles a rolled-up dragon column (see picture). The MONTs are held together by alkaline ions to form unique nanotubular arrays. © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KCaA.
Type
journal article