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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 201 - 202 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.90
Subject Category: Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles: A very versatile nanocapsule
Darrell W. Kuykendall1 & Steven C. Zimmerman1
- Darrell W. Kuykendall and Steven C. Zimmerman are in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. e-mail: sczimmer@uiuc.edu
Abstract
Numerous copies of a pumpkin-shaped molecule can be linked together to form a nanocapsule shell that can trap compounds inside. The outer surface of this capsule can be decorated with other species by plugging them into the cavities of the hollowed-out pumpkins.
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