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Diamondoid esters in nanomaterial design

Diamondoids are cage hydrocarbons with a spatial arrangement of carbon atoms resembling the diamond crystal lattice. Unlike bulk diamond, diamondoids possess great capability for derivatization and their functionalized derivatives found application in medicine, material science, nanotechnology, supramolecular chemistry, etc [1, 2]. Investigation of diamondoid self-organized structures has been of great interest recently as they are promising building blocks in nanotechnology [3-5]. We have synthesized new diamondoid derivatives by connecting two diamondoid cages via a carboxyl moiety. We have also prepared adamantane methyl and tert-butyl esters as standards for further investigation that will include the use of atomic force microscopy for studying the influence of structure on self-organization behaviour on metal surfaces. The experimental findings will be supported by computational chemistry tools to further clarify the relationship between the structure and the self-assembly capability.

diamondoids ; ester derivatives ; nanomaterials ; computations

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