Construction of gyroid-structured matrices through the design of geminized amphiphilic zwitterions and their self-organization

Takuro Matsumoto; Ayaka Ono; Takahiro Ichikawa; Takashi Kato; Hiroyuki Ohno

doi:10.1039/c6cc06840e

Construction of gyroid-structured matrices through the design of geminized amphiphilic zwitterions and their self-organization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 6;52(82):12167-12170. doi: 10.1039/c6cc06840e.

Authors

Takuro Matsumoto¹, Ayaka Ono², Takahiro Ichikawa³, Takashi Kato⁴, Hiroyuki Ohno¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp and Functional Ionic Liquid Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
² Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
³ Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp and Functional Ionic Liquid Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan and PRESTO, The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan.
⁴ Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

PMID: 27711468
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06840e

Abstract

Gemini amphiphilic zwitterions exhibit thermotropic bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline phases having a 3D continuous ionic domain. Incorporation of an acid into the materials led to the creation of novel electrolytes transporting protons efficiently through the 3D continuous domain.