Self-Assembling Monolayer Based on Functionalized Buckyballs (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

Self-Assembling Monolayer Based on Functionalized Buckyballs

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This is an artist's impression of a self-assembled layer of functionalized buckyballs. The fullerenes attach to the metal surface, and the glycol-ether tails induce self-assembly of a bilayer. The upper half can be replaced by a different compound, when this is also functionalized with glycol-ether. The paper describes how the upper layer is replaced by spiropyrans (molecules that will change shape when exposed to UV light) connected to a glycol-ether tail.

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Xinkai Qiu, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen

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