Nanocylinders combine properties of polymers and crystals

ELECTRONIC, MAGNETIC & PHOTONIC MATERIALS

Combining the properties of polymers and crystals, a team of American and German scientists has created nanocylinders, highly symmetric, structured materials with new electronic properties that could be used to create supramolecular electronic devices.

Disc-like or ring-shaped organic molecules organize into symmetric cylinders, three nanometers in thickness, and 50-100 nanometers in length, after the attachment of specific functional groups (Figure 3). At the core, these nano-cylinders are composed of conductive molecules or…