Controlling the 'length' of supramolecular polymers through self-organization
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) developed a method for controlling the molecular self-organization, the process that is significant for synthesizing functional materials, and succeeded for the first time in the world in controlling the length of a one-dimensional assembly of molecules (supramolecular polymer).