The influence of molecular structure on the self-assembly of phenanthroline derivatives into crystalline nanowires

The progressive linear expansion of conjugation with fused aromatic rings provides phenanthrolines with increasing amphiphilic behavior and larger π-contact, and thus with an enhanced ability to self-organize into crystalline nanowires of different dimensions. Molecular structure rules! The progressive linear expansion of conjugation with fused aromatic rings provides phenanthrolines with increasing amphiphilic behavior and larger π-contact, and thus with an enhanced ability to self-organize into crystalline nanowires of different dimensions.