"Organic Fluorine" and its Importance in Crystal Engineering

Charge carrier mobilities in organic semiconductors: crystal engineering and the importance of molecular contacts.

We have conducted a combined experimental and theoretical study on the optimization of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) as organic semiconductor. While orientations with high electronic coupling are unfavorable in the native liquid crystalline phase of HBC, we enforced such orientations by applying external constraints. To this end, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were formed by a non-convent...

Determination of fluorine in organic compounds.

Crystal engineering of organic and metal-organic solids: design, structure and properties

Crystal engineering has recently emerged as a method of choice for the design and the construction of both organic and metal-organic functional materials. Solid-state synthesis, of the most commonly studied aspects of crystal engineering, has been shown to provide access to molecular targets that are hardly obtainable using principles of conventional (i.e. solution-based) organic synthesis. Rea...

Crystal engineering of nonporous organic solids for methane sorption.

The low density polymorph of the well-known host p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene absorbs more methane than p-tert-pentylcalix[4]arene at room temperature and 1 atm pressure, but the order of absorption is reversed at 38 atm with p-tert-pentylcalix[4]arene absorbing more.

Importance of Floating Chondrons in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

BACKGROUND Dedifferentiation of chondrocytes remains a major problem for cartilage tissue engineering. Chondrocytes loss differentiated phenotype in in vitro culture that is undesired for repair strategies. The chondrocyte is surrounded by a pericellular matrix (PCM), together forming the chondron. PCM has a positive effect on the maintenance of chondrocyte phenotype during culture in compar...