Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Ariga, Katsuhiko
Editor	Claridge, Shelley A
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	The development of nanotechnology has provided an opportunity to integrate a wide range of phenomena and disciplines from the atomic scale, the molecular scale, and the nanoscale into materials. Nanoarchitectonics as a post-nanotechnology concept is a methodology for developing functional material systems using units such as atoms, molecules, and nanomaterials. Especially, molecular nanoarchitectonics has been strongly promoted recently by incorporating nanotechnological methods into organic synthesis. Examples of research that have attracted attention include the direct observation of organic synthesis processes at the molecular level with high resolution, and the control of organic syntheses with probe microscope tips. These can also be considered as starting points for nanoarchitectonics. In this review, these examples of molecular nanoarchitectonics are introduced, and future prospects of nanoarchitectonics are discussed. The fusion of basic science and the application of practical functional materials will complete materials chemistry for everything.
Journal	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume Number	14
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10113519
PubMed reference number	37091285
e-ISSN	21904286
DOI	10.3762/bjnano.14.35
Language	English
Publisher	Beilstein-Institut
Publisher Date	2023-04-03
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Beilstein-Institut Open Access License Agreement (https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/terms/terms), which is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). The reuse of material under this license requires that the author(s), source and license are credited. Third-party material in this article could be subject to other licenses (typically indicated in the credit line), and in this case, users are required to obtain permission from the license holder to reuse the material. Copyright © 2023, Ariga
Subject Keyword	local probe chemistry materials chemistry nanoarchitectonics nanotechnology on-surface synthesis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Materials Science Physics and Astronomy Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanoscience and Nanotechnology