Self-Assembling 2D+1D Polymer Structures (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Self-Assembling 2D+1D Polymer Structures

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1,8,13-Trip is a triptycene molecule that can self-assemble into 2D hexagonal arrays, which then stack on top of each other to form a periodic polymer structure, shown in middle of the figure. Can silicone (PDMS) chains with the ends substituted with triptycene molecules self-assemble in a similar fashion?

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Fumitaka Ishiwari

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