Dissections: self-assembled aggregates that spontaneously reconfigure their structures when their environment changes

Chengde Mao; Venkat R Thalladi; Daniel B Wolfe; Sue Whitesides; George M Whitesides

doi:10.1021/ja021043d

Dissections: self-assembled aggregates that spontaneously reconfigure their structures when their environment changes

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Dec 11;124(49):14508-9. doi: 10.1021/ja021043d.

Authors

Chengde Mao¹, Venkat R Thalladi, Daniel B Wolfe, Sue Whitesides, George M Whitesides

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

PMID: 12465940
DOI: 10.1021/ja021043d

Abstract

This Communication describes a new strategy for the design of adaptive structures based on reconfigurable mesoscale self-assembly. Several sets of millimeter-scale objects have been designed that can self-assemble into two different, regular aggregates at the interface between an aqueous solution and perfluorodecalin; the choice between the two aggregates is determined by the density of the aqueous phase.