A New Family of Molecules for Self-Assembly: The Carboranes
March 25, 2009 | Source: PhysOrg.com
Researchers at Penn State and the Sigma-Aldrich company have found a way to control geometry and stability in making a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of molecules on a surface by making SAMs out of different carboranethiol isomers, which are cage-like molecules.
These SAMs can selectively capture biomolecules from complex mixtures, for example.