Engineering spherical nanostructures through hydrogen bonds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 May 28:(20):2830-2. doi: 10.1039/b820462d. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

Abstract

Chromophoric acetylenic scaffolds bearing complementary uracyl and 2,6-di(acetylamino)pyridyl moieties undergo supramolecular recognition and generate uniform nanoparticles, as observed by UV-Vis, AFM and TEM measurements.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / chemistry*
  • Aminopyridines / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Particle Size
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Uridine / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aminopyridines
  • Acetylene
  • Uridine