Two-dimensional assembly based on flow supramolecular chemistry: kinetic control of molecular interactions under solvent diffusion

Abstract

Self-assembly of porphyrin molecules can be controlled kinetically to form structures with lengths extending from the nano- to the micrometer scale, through a programmed solvent-diffusion process in designed microflow spaces. Temporal solvent structures generated in the microflow were successfully transcribed into molecular architectures.

Keywords: microfluidics; porphyrins; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry.