Author : Shan Mei
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (913 download)
Book Synopsis Novel Three Dimensional C3v Symmetric Nano-molecules Based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) Nano-atoms by : Shan Mei
Download or read book Novel Three Dimensional C3v Symmetric Nano-molecules Based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) Nano-atoms written by Shan Mei and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The self-assembly of individual building blocks with different shapes into close packed ordered structures is prevalent in nature and has drawn much attention of human for long. The close packing of some simple shapes such as sphere and rods has been widely learned and established while the assembly of polyhedral structures is still unsolved and being studied with numerous efforts, of which tetrahedron is one with special interest. However, many previous researches only study the assembly of the building blocks with sizes either too big (tens or hundreds of nanometers) or too small (around one nanometer). Thus, we seek to obtain a size in between by using the newly emerged nano building blocks with precisely defined structures, persistent shapes and outstanding properties, e.g. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS). We can predict there to be distinctive difference in the self-assembly behavior and structure between the nano-sized molecules and the traditional ones. In this work, two novel claw-like C3v symmetric nano-molecules with different linkages were successfully synthesized by connecting 3 POSS nano-atoms to 1,3,5-Triphenyladmantane. The nano-molecules were carefully designed to ensure they possess enough shape persistent ability and 3-5 nm size, which fills the size gap between traditional small molecules and large colloidal particles. The crystals of the molecules were obtained via solvent evaporation method and the crystal structures would be explored. This work can not only provide us a new way of designing crystals with Nano-sized units but also help us to deepen our understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and crystal structure.