Controlled self-assembly of squaraines to 1D supramolecular architectures with high molar absorptivity

Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh; Parayalil Chithra; Reji Varghese; Kizhumuri P Divya

doi:10.1039/b718054c

Controlled self-assembly of squaraines to 1D supramolecular architectures with high molar absorptivity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Feb 28:(8):969-71. doi: 10.1039/b718054c. Epub 2008 Jan 7.

Authors

Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh¹, Parayalil Chithra, Reji Varghese, Kizhumuri P Divya

Affiliation

¹ Photosciences and Photonics Group, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), CSIR, Trivandrum 695019, India. ajayaghosh62@gmail.com

PMID: 18283352
DOI: 10.1039/b718054c

Abstract

A tailor made squaraine dye upon binding with Ca2+ self-assembles to form a spherical micellar assembly that reorganises to thermodynamically stable 1D cylindrical rods with high molar absorptivity.