Molecular self-assembly
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In chemistry and materials science, molecular self-assembly is the process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without guidance or management from an outside source. There are two types of
AFM image of napthalenetetracarboxylic diimide molecules on silver interacting via hydrogen bonding at 77 K. ("Hydrogen bonds" in the top image are exaggerated by artifacts of the imaging technique.)
STM image of self-assembled Br4-pyrene molecules on Au(111) surface (top) and its model (bottom; pink spheres are Br atoms).
Br 4Py self assembly on Au
Supramolecular chemistry
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Supramolecular chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerning chemical systems composed of discrete numbers of molecules. The strength of the forces responsible for spatial organization of the system
Self-assembly of a circular double helicate
An example of a host–guest chemistry
Host–guest complex with a p-xylylenediammonium bound within a cucurbituril
Intramolecular self-assembly of a foldamer