On the formation of concentric 2D multicomponent assemblies at the solution-solid interface

Gangamallaiah Velpula; Takashi Takeda; Jinne Adisoejoso; Koji Inukai; Kazukuni Tahara; Kunal S Mali; Yoshito Tobe; Steven De Feyter

doi:10.1039/c6cc09188a

On the formation of concentric 2D multicomponent assemblies at the solution-solid interface

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 17;53(6):1108-1111. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09188a.

Authors

Gangamallaiah Velpula¹, Takashi Takeda², Jinne Adisoejoso¹, Koji Inukai², Kazukuni Tahara², Kunal S Mali¹, Yoshito Tobe², Steven De Feyter¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. kunal.mali@kuleuven.be steven.defeyter@kuleuven.be.
² Division of Frontier Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. tobe@chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 28054093
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09188a

Abstract

We report on the design and fabrication of a four-component supramolecular network using the 'core-shell' approach. Each 'core' component templates the formation of an outer 'shell' leading to formation of three concentric 'shells' around the central guest. The 'shells' are formed only in presence of guests thus demonstrating remarkable selectivity in molecular recognition.