TY - JOUR
T1 - Making use of bond strength and steric hindrance in nanoscale "synthesis"
AU - Wei, Yanhu
AU - Bishop, Kyle J.M.
AU - Kim, Jiwon
AU - Soh, Siowling
AU - Grzybowski, Bartosz A.
PY - 2009/12/7
Y1 - 2009/12/7
N2 - The chemical concepts of bond strength and steric hindrance are extended to the nanoscale to control "reactions" of composite nanoparticles into primitive "nanomolecules" of well-defined shapes and sizes. The progress of these nanoscale transformations is controlled by an interplay between the strength of bonding between particles' reactive domains and the entropic effects because of the bulkiness of the unreactive parts.
AB - The chemical concepts of bond strength and steric hindrance are extended to the nanoscale to control "reactions" of composite nanoparticles into primitive "nanomolecules" of well-defined shapes and sizes. The progress of these nanoscale transformations is controlled by an interplay between the strength of bonding between particles' reactive domains and the entropic effects because of the bulkiness of the unreactive parts.
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U2 - 10.1002/anie.200903864
DO - 10.1002/anie.200903864
M3 - Article
C2 - 19899173
AN - SCOPUS:73249140316
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 48
SP - 9477
EP - 9480
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 50
ER -