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Nanotech nightmare

Nanotech nightmare NEWS & VIEWS stable than luminescent organic materials. stable and can be isolated. The metallic organic For semiconducting polymers, insulation has the molecular wires of the future are expected to have potential to eliminate cofacial π-interactions and similarly high reactivities. This feature is due to the fact thereby dramatically increase their stability. that their electronic structure will have occupied and The polyrotaxane approach results in isolation of the unoccupied orbitals separated by infinitesimal polymer chains and should thereby enhance the differences in energy, which allow for mobile electrons stability of these materials. Indeed, one of the authors of but also increase the reactivity. The use of molecular the present work has previously shown this effect in the insulation should permit these materials to attain the stabilization of small molecules in rotaxane complexes . durability required for use in emerging molecular Total encapsulation of molecular wires by electronic technologies. insulation has the potential to enable the stabilization of a greater variety of electronic structures. One References spectacular demonstration of this potential was the 1. Cacialli, F. et al. Nature Mater. 1, 160–164 (2002). 2. Friend, R. H. et al. Nature 397, 121–128 (1999). isolation of cyclobutadiene in molecular cavities . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Materials Springer Journals

Nanotech nightmare

Ball, Philip
Nature Materials , Volume 1 (3) – Nov 1, 2002
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Nanotech nightmare

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NEWS & VIEWS stable than luminescent organic materials. stable and can be isolated. The metallic organic For semiconducting polymers, insulation has the molecular wires of the future are expected to have potential to eliminate cofacial π-interactions and similarly high reactivities. This feature is due to the fact thereby dramatically increase their stability. that their electronic structure will have occupied and The polyrotaxane approach results in isolation of the unoccupied...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2002 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
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1476-1122
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1476-4660
DOI
10.1038/nmat748
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Abstract

NEWS & VIEWS stable than luminescent organic materials. stable and can be isolated. The metallic organic For semiconducting polymers, insulation has the molecular wires of the future are expected to have potential to eliminate cofacial π-interactions and similarly high reactivities. This feature is due to the fact thereby dramatically increase their stability. that their electronic structure will have occupied and The polyrotaxane approach results in isolation of the unoccupied orbitals separated by infinitesimal polymer chains and should thereby enhance the differences in energy, which allow for mobile electrons stability of these materials. Indeed, one of the authors of but also increase the reactivity. The use of molecular the present work has previously shown this effect in the insulation should permit these materials to attain the stabilization of small molecules in rotaxane complexes . durability required for use in emerging molecular Total encapsulation of molecular wires by electronic technologies. insulation has the potential to enable the stabilization of a greater variety of electronic structures. One References spectacular demonstration of this potential was the 1. Cacialli, F. et al. Nature Mater. 1, 160–164 (2002). 2. Friend, R. H. et al. Nature 397, 121–128 (1999). isolation of cyclobutadiene in molecular cavities .

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Published: Nov 1, 2002

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