Toward step-by-step nuclear growth of surface two-dimensional porphyrin nanonetworks

Rie Makiura; Hiroshi Kitagawa; Yasuyuki Akita; Mamoru Yoshimoto

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2013.09.024

Toward step-by-step nuclear growth of surface two-dimensional porphyrin nanonetworks

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2014 Jan 1:413:71-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.09.024. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Authors

Rie Makiura¹, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Yasuyuki Akita, Mamoru Yoshimoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. Electronic address: r-makiura@21c.osakafu-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 24183432
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.09.024

Abstract

We report the development of a solution-based step-by-step technique, which utilizes the coordination bond between metalloporphyrin molecular units and metal linkages and results in the nuclear growth of nano-networks on solid substrates. The growth of the surface structures is strongly influenced by the choice of substrate materials and solvents: the molecule-substrate interaction and the solubility of the molecular units are important parameters in tuning the size and growth of the domains.

Keywords: Interfacial processes; Metal–organic frameworks; Molecular assembly; Nanomaterials; Solution process.