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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7497 - 7499, DOI: 10.1039/b917431a


Self-assembled, cogged hexameric nanotubes formed from pyrogallol[4]arenes with a unique branched side chain

Oleg V. Kulikov, Megan M. Daschbach, Carl R. Yamnitz, Nigam Rath and George W. Gokel


A branched side chain pyrogallol[4]arene self-assembles into a previously-unreported cogged hydrogen-bonded nanotube structure in the solid state and self-assembles at the air–water interface on the Langmuir trough.

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