Lili Cao, Yanxia Yu and Shengbin Lei
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 12210-12213
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC06036C,
Communication
In this work we demonstrate that the surface adsorption and pH play a determining role in controlling the final product of a Schiff base reaction. Either 1D linear polymers or discrete macrocycles can be obtained by tuning the pH and surface confinement.