Interfadal assemblies

Marken and coworkers examined Ti02 NPs in various types of interfadal assemblies [38, 40, 57, 58]. In their first study, commerdally available 6-nm diameter Ti02 NPs were directly adsorbed onto polished boron-doped diamond electrodes from acidic aqueous solutions containing the Ti02 sol [38]. Using field emission SEM and STM, they observed relatively uniform adsorption of the Ti02 NPs and small... 

Chi, Q.)., Zhang, J.D., Jensen, P.S., Christensen, H.E.M., and Ulstrup, J. (2006) Long-range interfadal electron transfer of metalloproteins based on molecular wiring assemblies. Faraday Discussions, 131, 181-195. 

H. E.M., NazmudUnov, R.R., and Ulstrup, J. (2010) Approach to interfadal and intramolecular electron transfer of the diheme protein cytochrome c(4) assembled on Au(lll) surfaces. journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 5617-5624. 

Davis, J. J., Interfadal sensing surface assembled molecular receptors. Chem. Commun. 2005, 3509-3513. 

Various Aspects of the Interfadal Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles... 

The signal-triggered functions of these molecular assemblies have to be first characterized in bulk solution. Then, extensive efforts have been directed to integrate these photoswitchable chemical assemblies with transducers in order to tailor switchable molecular devices. The redox properties of photoisomerizable mono-layers assembled on an electrode surface are employed for controlling interfadal electron transfer [16]. Specifically, electrical transduction of photonic information recorded by photosensitive monolayers on electrode supports can be used in developing monolayer optoelectronic systems [16-19]. Electrodes with receptor sites exhibiting controlled binding of photoisomerizable redox-active substrates from the solution [20] also allow the construction of molecular optoelectronic devices. 

Similar measurements using either walljet electrochemistry or steady-state microelectrode voltammetry have been reported for layer-by-layer assembled and interfadally polymerized materials, respectively [24,28]. Additional measmements were made spectrophotometrically with polymerized porphyrin squares by using a U-tube. Results summarized in Fig. 5 revealed the following (a) After normalizing for differences in film thickness, transport through polymeric membranes is two to three orders of magnitude faster... 

Mixed SPBs have the potential to assemble into a egates driven by the amphiphilidty of the bmsh layer because the interfadal properties can be tuned precisely by external stimuli. For example, grafting mixed bmshes of PS and PEO allowed self-assembling Au-NPs into one-dimensional tubular arrays that are stable in solution. ... 

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The interfadal activity of amphiphiles is but one manifestation of their discordant intramolecular makeup. These molecules can also self-assemble in solution to form a variety of microstructures, such as micelles and vesicles to name a few. Of course structures based on a bilayer motif, such as vesicles, have direct biological relevance as they serve as models for cell membranes. 

Abstract Recent work on the design, preparation, and characterization of thiolate-on-gold self-assembled mono-layers and multilayers containing preformed binding sites is reviewed. The use of these interfadal systems as molecular sensors in the vapor and solution phases is discussed. 

The effect of the commensurability of Ig and Iq is also evident in Figure 10.2, and matches previous reports that determined the best assemblies were achieved when Is = lo [9,11]. However, when the chemical interfadal energy contrast was increased by using a PS brush instead of a PS-r-PMMA brush, good assemblies could also be achieved when is L, such as when ig = 50 nm or 45 nm on the chemical pattern made with 100% PS. In that case, the chemical pattern was able to supply enough energy to the block copolymer film to force it to assemble with a period different from that of its naturally occurring bulk value. 

Chen D, Li JH. Interfadal design and fiinctionization on metal electrodes through self-assembled monolayers. SurfSci Rep 2006 61 445-463. 

Within the mean-field approximation, the reciprocal-space method of Matsen and Schick [14] provides an efficient and accurate numerical technique to solve the SCMFT equations for given ordered structures. This has led to a comprehensive understanding of the equilibrium phase behavior of simple block copolymer systems. Valuable insights into the physics of the self-assembly in block copolymer systems have been obtained from the numerical solutions. In particular, the formation of different structures can be explained using the concepts of spontaneous interfadal curvature and packing frustration [3]. 

Nanoparticle assembly at a fluid-fluid interface can be categorized as a dynamic self-assembled system, since the nanoparticles are small and thus have less to contribute to interfadal stabilization relative to miaoparticles. As... 

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