Self-assembled nanostructures

摘要

Nanostructures are formed from alkylated derivatives of aromatic acids of the formula:
wherein at least one of R 1 to R 6 represents a carboxylic acid group, a primary amide group, an ester group, an amidine group, or a salt thereof, at least one other of R 1 to R 6 is X-R c , and the remaining of R 1 to R 6 independently represent H or substituted or unsubstituted organic groups; X represents a linking group; and R c represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group.