Eur. Phys. J. B 12, 405-411 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510051022

Encapsulation of filaments of a self-assembling bicopper complex in polymer nanowires

Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides Complexes, Université Louis Pasteur (CNRS UMR 7506) , 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex, France

Corresponding author: ^a jm.guenet@univ-mulhouse.fr

Received: 20 January 1999
Revised: 14 May 1999
Published online: 15 December 1999

Abstract

We report on the preparation conditions and the characterization by calorimetry and small-angle neutron scattering of a molecular composite material obtained via the heterogeneous nucleation of the fibrils of a thermoreversible gel. This physical process allows encapsulation of monomolecular filaments of a self-assembling bicopper complex into nanosized polymer fibrils. Due to the existence of 1-D arrangements of copper atoms, this material may possess unusual magnetic properties (spin ladders).