Coupling carbon nanomaterials with photochromic molecules for the generation of optically responsive materials

X Zhang, L Hou, P Samorì - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Multifunctional carbon-based nanomaterials offer routes towards the realization of smart and
high-performing (opto) electronic (nano) devices, sensors and logic gates. Meanwhile …

Supramolecular architectures of dendritic amphiphiles in water

BNS Thota, LH Urner, R Haag - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Dendritic molecules are an exciting research topic because of their highly branched
architecture, multiple functional groups on the periphery, and very pertinent features for …

Photo-responsive carbon nanomaterials functionalized by azobenzene moieties: structures, properties and application

W Feng, W Luo, Y Feng - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to tune the microstructures, bandgap, conductance, chemical environment and
thermal storage of carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and …

Advanced carbon nanotubes functionalization

A Setaro - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Similar to graphene, carbon nanotubes are materials made of pure carbon in its sp 2 form.
Their extended conjugated π-network provides them with remarkable quantum …

Correlation among copolyether spacers, molecular geometry and interfacial properties of extended surfactants

P Feng, X Hu, Y Fang, M Li, Y **a - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extended surfactants (e-surfactants) generally occupy larger surface adsorption areas and
display better properties than conventional surfactants, which is attributed to propoxy …

Photochromic Carbon Nanomaterials: An Emerging Class of Light‐Driven Hybrid Functional Materials

F Hassan, Y Tang, HK Bisoyi, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of photochromism into nanosystems has resulted in the development of a
class of light‐driven functional hybrid nanomaterials. Photochromic molecules have …

A new azobenzene-based design strategy for detergents in membrane protein research

LH Urner, M Schulze, YB Maier, W Hoffmann… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mass spectrometry enables the in-depth structural elucidation of membrane protein
complexes, which is of great interest in structural biology and drug discovery. Recent …

Photo-responsive graphene and carbon nanotubes to control and tackle biological systems

F Cardano, M Frasconi, S Giordani - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Photo-responsive multifunctional nanomaterials are receiving considerable attention for
biological applications because of their unique properties. The functionalization of the …

Towards engineering of self-assembled nanostructures using non-ionic dendritic amphiphiles

BNS Thota, H Berlepsch, C Böttcher… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Engineering nanostructures of defined size and morphology is a great challenge in the field
of self-assembly. Herein we report on the formation of supramolecular nanostructures of …

Multiheaded Cationic Surfactants with Dedicated Functionalities: Design, Synthetic Strategies, Self-Assembly and Performance

Ł Lamch, W Szczęsna, SJ Balicki, M Bartman… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Contemporary research concerning surfactant science and technology comprises a variety
of requirements relating to the design of surfactant structures with widely varying …