Molecular Self-Assembly and Nanochemistry: a Chemical Strategy for the Synthesis of Nanostructures

• George M. Whitesides

  Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

• John P. Mathias

  Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

• Christopher T. Seto

  Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

抄録

Molecular self-assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by noncovalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Understanding self-assembly and the associated noncovalent interactions that connect complementary interacting molecular surfaces in biological aggregates is a central concern in structural biochemistry. Self-assembly is also emerging as a new strategy in chemical synthesis, with the potential of generating nonbiological structures with dimensions of 1 to 10 2 nanometers (with molecular weights of 10 4 to 10 10 daltons). Structures in the upper part of this range of sizes are presently inaccessible through chemical synthesis, and the ability to prepare them would open a route to structures comparable in size (and perhaps complementary in function) to those that can be prepared by microlithography and other techniques of microfabrication.

収録刊行物

• Science

  Science 254 (5036), 1312-1319, 1991-11-29

  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

キーワード

• Multidisciplinary

詳細情報

• CRID: 1360855570459379072
• NII論文ID: 80006241076
• DOI: 10.1126/science.1962191
• ISSN: 10959203
• ISSN: 00368075
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/00368075
• Web Site: https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1962191
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