Flotation as the Subject-Matter of Supramolecular Chemistry

The authors offer a new, nanotechnology-based concept of flotation. The article discusses noncovalent interaction between functional groups of the organic phosphorus collector Phosphenox at an interphase, which results in the supramolecular self-assemblage of stable nanostructures. The ways to reaching complementariness of the collector and active site of a mineral surface are indicated with the aim to improving selectivity of mineral separation.