Abstract
A positively charged viologen polymer was wrapped with a layer of oligomeric sodium silicate as strong coulombic attractions facilitated the wrapping process. The wrapping was conducted at lower polymer concentrations and Gd3+ staining to check the wrapping of single polymer chains. High sensitivity energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) measurements revealed that silicon, oxygen, and gadolinium atoms were contained within a single nanostrand. The validity of the structure proposed for the nanostrand was confirmed by means of molecular modeling calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 344-346 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 4 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
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Ichinose, I., & Kunitake, T. (2002). Wrapping individual chains of a viologen polymer with an ultrathin silicate sheath. Advanced Materials, 14(5), 344-346. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(20020304)14:5<344::AID-ADMA344>3.0.CO;2-5