Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Flags in the Thermal Gradients’ Wind: What Breaks the Symmetry, How and Why
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Nicosia, A.; Vento, F.; Marletta, G.; Messina, G.M.L.; Satriano, C.; Villari, V.; Micali, N.; De Martino, M.T.; Schotman, M.J.G.; Mineo, P.G. Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Flags in the Thermal Gradients’ Wind: What Breaks the Symmetry, How and Why. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071673
Nicosia A, Vento F, Marletta G, Messina GML, Satriano C, Villari V, Micali N, De Martino MT, Schotman MJG, Mineo PG. Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Flags in the Thermal Gradients’ Wind: What Breaks the Symmetry, How and Why. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(7):1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071673
Chicago/Turabian StyleNicosia, Angelo, Fabiana Vento, Giovanni Marletta, Grazia M. L. Messina, Cristina Satriano, Valentina Villari, Norberto Micali, Maria Teresa De Martino, Maaike J. G. Schotman, and Placido Giuseppe Mineo. 2021. "Porphyrin-Based Supramolecular Flags in the Thermal Gradients’ Wind: What Breaks the Symmetry, How and Why" Nanomaterials 11, no. 7: 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071673