Self-assembly of bis-salphen compounds: from semiflexible chains to webs of nanoringsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Further discussion and computational details, Fig. S1-S6 and Table S1. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02371e

The recently-observed self-assembly of certain salphen-based compounds into neuron-like networks of microrings interconnected with nano-thin strings may suggest a new highly-potent tool for nanoscale patterning. However, the mechanism behind such phenomena needs to be clarified before they can be ap...

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