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Modeling of Supramolecular Systems, Mechanically Docked to Carbon Nanotubes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes and nanowires are important materials for new nanotechnology devices and sensors. Future optoelectronic devices can be made from assemblies of nanostructured materials. One difficulty in preparing these assemblies from nanotubes is the lack of site-specific points of contact and the subsequent compliance of the linkage between nanoparticles. Using molecular mechanics, semiempirical and dynamics calculations, we have modeled the assembly process of two-dimensional and three-dimensional structures of carbon nanotubes. The linkers between the nanotubes consist of novel metallodendrimers. These dendrimers have multiple binding sites with chemically specified chirality. Most importantly, they are mechanically rigid. This enables the multidimensional constraints and geometry, required for advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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