Self-assembly of nanotubes and ordered mesostructures using weak interactions |
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| Authors: | Xinhua Li Caixia Wang Hongping Xiao Charles N. Moorefield |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, P.R. Chinalixinhua01@126.com;3. College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, P.R. China;4. The Maurice Morton Institute for Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA |
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| Abstract: | Two simple organic compounds, 5-nitroisophthalic acid (npa) and 4,4′-bipyridine (bpy), were used as building blocks for supramolecular self-assembly by hydrothermal synthesis. SEM, TEM, and XRD were used to analyse the multi-step assembly process in which npa and bpy assembled into nanotubes (or nanobelts) of about 30–100 nm in diameter and several millimetres in length and microtubes (or microbelts). The tubes then further assembled to form complex ordered structures, such as pom-pom-shaped and flower-like mesostructures. |
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| Keywords: | Supramolecular self-assembly nanotubes mesostructures intermolecular forces |
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