journal article·2003-11-01Open access

Fluorine makes a difference

Donald A. Tomalia

Nature Materials· Volume 2· Issue 11

Abstract

Introducing fluorine into the chemical formula of self-assembling supramolecular systems usually makes for more stable and robust lattices. Now a dendron molecule has been found for which fluorination brings about a change in the self-assembly motif and an unexpected supramolecular architecture.
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OpenAlex topics: Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers · Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

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