Water-induced helical supramolecular polymerization and gel formation of an alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide dyad

Xu Lin; Hiroki Kurata; Deepak D Prabhu; Mitsuaki Yamauchi; Tomonori Ohba; Shiki Yagai

doi:10.1039/c6cc08995j

Water-induced helical supramolecular polymerization and gel formation of an alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide dyad

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Dec 20;53(1):168-171. doi: 10.1039/c6cc08995j.

Authors

Xu Lin¹, Hiroki Kurata¹, Deepak D Prabhu¹, Mitsuaki Yamauchi¹, Tomonori Ohba², Shiki Yagai¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
² Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.

PMID: 27909703
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc08995j

Abstract

An alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide (PBI) dyad with hydrophilic substituents forms helical supramolecular polymers that can be visualized by AFM in THF-water mixtures. The supramolecular polymers also form thixotropic gel-like lyotropic mesophases in the mixtures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't