Branchy molecules make precise pores.
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH NEWS
Self-assembly is one of the most practical ways to construct things at the molecular scale.
Researchers from the University of Toronto have found a way to coax a material containing microscopic pores to assemble from two very different types of molecules.
The material is made from a mix of the inorganic silica material alkoxysilyl and dendrimers, which are branched organic molecules that can be used to make templates for complicated porous structures. Organic molecules contain carbon; inorganic molecules do not.
The researchers found a way to use the self-assembling dendrimers to direct the inorganic molecules into a useful structure. The silica molecules attach to the outermost branches of the dendrimers, which link up to form a layer around cylindrical templates. The researchers made materials with 8.2-nanometers and 9.1-nanometers diameter regularly-spaced pores.
The material could be used practically in five to ten years, according to the researchers. The work appeared in the November 26 issue of Science.
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