Solution structure of copper-seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene nanocapsules with varying chain lengths

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Dec 7;47(45):12298-300. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15615b. Epub 2011 Oct 25.

Abstract

The stability of copper-seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene hexamers with varying chain lengths in solution has been studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The progression in diameter of spherical capsules with increasing alkyl chain lengths of copper-seamed hexamers in solution suggests both robustness as well as a close correlation between the solid phase and solution phase structures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Nanocapsules / chemistry*
  • Neutron Diffraction
  • Pyrogallol / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Small Angle
  • Solutions / chemistry

Substances

  • Nanocapsules
  • Solutions
  • Pyrogallol
  • Copper