From Bola??amphiphiles to Supra??amphiphiles: The Transformation from Two??Dimensional Nanosheets into One??Dimensional Nanofibers with Tunable??Packing …

K Liu, Y Yao, C Wang, Y Liu, Z Li…

Index: Liu, Kai; Yao, Yuxing; Wang, Chao; Liu, Yu; Li, Zhibo; Zhang, Xi Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012 , vol. 18, # 28 p. 8622 - 8628

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Abstract

Abstract With a rational design of the supra-amphiphiles, we have successfully demonstrated that not only the dimension of the self-assembled nanostructures, but also the packing fashion of the functional naphthalene diimide (a typical n-type chromophore), can be tuned in a noncovalent way in aqueous solution. Naphthalene diimide is incorporated into a bola-amphiphile as the rigid core, whereas viologen derivatives are used as the ...