Magnetic Deformation of Self-Assembled Sexithiophene Spherical Nanocapsules
Journal of the American Chemical Society2005Vol. 127(4), pp. 1112–1113
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I.O. Shklyarevskiy, Pascal Jonkheijm, Peter C. M. Christianen, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, E. W. Meijer, Oliver Henze, Andreas F. M. Kilbinger, W. J. Feast, André Del Guerzo, Jean‐Pierre Desvergne, J. C. Maan
Abstract
We report the experimental observation of magnetic field deformation of spherical nanocapsules, self-assembled from sexithiophene molecules, into oblate spheroids, confirming a long-standing theoretical prediction. The magnetically deformed objects can be trapped in a compatible organogel to make them suitable for further investigations and applications. Our results show that strong magnetic forces can be effectively used, in a contact-free manner, as a tool to control the self-organization of a whole class of functional organic molecules.
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