Nanoscopic metal assemblies

Finally, Majda has investigated a novel inorganic membrane-modified electrode [32]. The membrane used was a microporous alumina prepared by anodizing metallic aluminum in an acidic electrolyte [33]. Majda et al. lined the pores of these membranes with polymers and self-assembled monolayers and studied electron and ion transfer down the modified pore walls to a substrate electrode surface [32]. Martin and his coworkers have used the pores in such membranes as templates to prepare nanoscopic metal, polymer, and semiconductor particles [34],... 

Oenyuk, B., Whiteford, J.A. and Stang, P.J. (1996) Design and study of synthetic chiral nanoscopic assemblies. Preparation and characterization of optically active hybrid, iodonium-transition-metal and all-transition-metal macrocyclic molecular squares. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118 (35), 8221-8230. 

Supramolecular synthetic strategies provide a bottom-up approach to this challenging field. In particular, the metal-driven assembly is an efficient, highly convergent synthetic strategy that is used, often in combination with other non-covalent interactions and/or with more conventional covalent procedures, for constructing robust and shape-persistent assemblies of nanoscopic dimensions in which the number, position, relative orientation and distance of the chromophores are well defined [39-41]. 

IV. METAL-CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLYMERS FORMATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED, SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND NANOSCOPIC CERAMIC PATTERNS... 

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