Fig. 1: Fabrication and characterizations of self-assembled dendrimer (SAD) aqueous-phase PIP solution.
From: Self-assembled dendrimer polyamide nanofilms with enhanced effective pore area for ion separation
a Synthetic route to different functional dendrimers (DA-G4D, BA-G4D and p-HC-G4D) using reactive monomers, diglycolic anhydride (DA), 1, 2, 4-benzenetricarboxylic anhydride (BA), and p-hydroxybenzoyl chloride (p-HC). b–d Schematic and photographs of SAD aqueous-phase PIP solution, which was characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), showing self-assembled octahedra (DA-G4D), cubes (BA-G4D) or spheres (p-HC-G4D). Among them, the HRTEM images labelled DA-G4D, BA-G4D and p-HC-G4D represent the morphologies of its single dendrimer. e SEM morphology image of the DA-G4D SADs. f Closer HRTEM imaging of the DA-G4D, BA-G4D and p-HC-G4D SADs. The white circles in the images represent nanovoids.
