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ArticleNature communications2021

Domain-selective thermal decomposition within supramolecular nanoribbons.

Yukio Cho, Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Dae-Yoon Kim, Guillaume Lamour, Julia H Ortony

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yukio ChoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-692X
Ty Christoff-TempestaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Dae-Yoon KimFunctional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Technology, Bondong, JB, 55324, Korea.
Guillaume LamourLAMBE, Université Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, CNRS, Evry-Courcouronnes, France.
Julia H OrtonyDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ortony@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-6207
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1R1R1004226National Science Foundation (NSF) 1122374National Science Foundation (NSF) CHE-1945500National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-14-19807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-assembly of small molecules in water provides a powerful route to nanostructures with pristine molecular organization and small dimensions (<10 nm). Such assemblies represent emerging high surface area nanomaterials, customizable for biomedical and energy applications. However, to exploit self-assembly, the constituent molecules must be sufficiently amphiphilic and satisfy prescribed packing criteria, dramatically limiting the range of surface chemistries achievable. Here, we design supramolecular nanoribbons that contain: (1) inert and stable internal domains, and (2) sacrificial surface groups that are thermally labile, and we demonstrate complete thermal decomposition of the nanoribbon surfaces. After heating, the remainder of each constituent molecule is kinetically trapped, nanoribbon morphology and internal organization are maintained, and the nanoribbons are fully hydrophobic. This approach represents a pathway to form nanostructures that circumvent amphiphilicity and packing parameter constraints and generates structures that are not achievable by self-assembly alone, nor top-down approaches, broadening the utility of molecular nanomaterials for new targets.

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PMCPMC8688471
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