UM Chemistry/Research/Pinkhassik Research Group/Publications

Dr. Pinkhassik and his group published a paper in Chemical Communications.

“Directed Covalent Assembly of Rigid Organic Nanodisks Using Self-Assembled Temporary Scaffolds” by Samuel Tekobo and Eugene Pinkhassik (Chem. Commun., 2009, 1112-1114) Bicelles (discoidal lipid aggregates) act as self-assembled temporary scaffolds in the synthesis of new two-dimensional organic nanoparticles suitable for creating polymer/polymer nanocomposites. Crosslinked polystyrene nanodisks, produced by controlled polymerization in the hydrophobic bicelle interior, are shown flat (black arrow) or standing on an edge (white arrow) on the transmission electron micrograph. Lipid scaffold is recycled to template a new batch of nanodisks.