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Castillo-Vallés M, Romero P, Sebastián V, Ros MB. Microfluidics for the rapid and controlled preparation of organic nanotubes of bent-core based dendrimers. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1682-1689. [PMID: 36132558 PMCID: PMC9418585 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00744g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Recently, bent-core molecules have emerged as excellent building blocks for the obtaining of nanostructures in solvents. Herein, we report the use of a coaxial microfluidic system as a promising tool to control the self-assembly of non-conventional bent-core amphiphiles. Moreover, a TEM study to comprehend the hierarchical self-assembly process in solution was carried out. The proposed tool provides both a cost-effective platform to save hard-to-synthesise reagents and a rapid method to screen a plethora of different parameters, i.e., THF/water ratio, residence time, concentration of the amphiphile, temperature and pH. The experiments allowed to test for the first time the suitability of microfluidics for the self-assembly of bent-core molecules, as well as the study of a range of conditions to control the assembly of different nanostructures in a rapid and controlled manner. Additionally, organic nanostructures were combined with gold nanoparticles to prepare nanocomposites with enhanced properties. Both organic and hybrid nanostructures were also obtained in the solid state. These results may inspire scientists working on supramolecular chemistry and bent-core molecules expanding the scope of microfluidic systems for the self-assembly of other low-molecular-weight compounds.
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- Martín Castillo-Vallés
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza 50009 Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza 50009 Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza 50009 Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN 28029-Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza 50009 Spain
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Oikawa R, Sasaki H, Takanishi Y, Sagisaka M, Yamamoto J, Yoshizawa A. Linear symmetric liquid crystal trimers exhibiting supramolecular chiral architectures. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:3179-3187. [PMID: 30892358 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00250b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We prepared a homologous series of achiral liquid crystal trimers (I-n) in which two phenylpyrimidine units and one biphenyl unit were connected via flexible spacers, and investigated the physical properties. All the trimers possessing odd-numbered methylene spacers exhibited soft crystalline chiral conglomerate phases. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that they have an intercalated layer structure. On the other hand, the trimers possessing even-numbered spacers showed nematic and smectic C phases. We investigated the surface structures of odd-membered trimers in the soft crystalline phases using scanning electron microscopy. Trimers I-3 and I-5 were found to form cylindrical tubes, whereas trimers I-7, I-9 and I-11 toroidal pits. We discuss the formation of diverse supramolecular architectures in terms of the anisotropy of the chirality transfer.
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- Ryuji Oikawa
- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8561, Japan.
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Li Y, Duan P, Liu M. Solvent-Regulated Self-Assembly of an Achiral Donor-Acceptor Complex in Confined Chiral Nanotubes: Chirality Transfer, Inversion and Amplification. Chemistry 2017; 23:8225-8231. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuangang Li
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xi'an University of Science and Technology; No. 58, Yanta Road 710054 Xi'an P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication; CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience; Division of Nanophotonics; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST); No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao 100190 Beijing P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication; CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience; Division of Nanophotonics; National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST); No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; No. 2 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiJie 100190 Beijing P. R. China
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Arakawa Y, Sasaki Y, Igawa K, Tsuji H. Hydrogen bonding liquid crystalline benzoic acids with alkylthio groups: phase transition behavior and insights into the cybotactic nematic phase. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00282c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel class of hydrogen bonding liquid crystalline benzoic acids with alkylthio groups was established and their phase transition behavior was investigated in detail.
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- Yuki Arakawa
- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka 816-8580
- Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Toyohashi
- Japan
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Ma Y, Mou Q, Wang D, Zhu X, Yan D. Dendritic Polymers for Theranostics. Theranostics 2016; 6:930-47. [PMID: 27217829 PMCID: PMC4876620 DOI: 10.7150/thno.14855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Dendritic polymers are highly branched polymers with controllable structures, which possess a large population of terminal functional groups, low solution or melt viscosity, and good solubility. Their size, degree of branching and functionality can be adjusted and controlled through the synthetic procedures. These tunable structures correspond to application-related properties, such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, stimuli-responsiveness and self-assembly ability, which are the key points for theranostic applications, including chemotherapeutic theranostics, biotherapeutic theranostics, phototherapeutic theranostics, radiotherapeutic theranostics and combined therapeutic theranostics. Up to now, significant progress has been made for the dendritic polymers in solving some of the fundamental and technical questions toward their theranostic applications. In this review, we briefly summarize how to control the structures of dendritic polymers, the theranostics-related properties derived from their structures and their theranostics-related applications.
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- Yuan Ma
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Matraszek J, Topnani N, Vaupotič N, Takezoe H, Mieczkowski J, Pociecha D, Gorecka E. Monolayer Filaments versus Multilayer Stacking of Bent-Core Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:3468-72. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Joanna Matraszek
- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; University of Maribor; Koroska 160 2000 Maribor Slovenia
- Jozef Stefan Institute; Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute; 41-1, Yokomichi Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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Matraszek J, Topnani N, Vaupotič N, Takezoe H, Mieczkowski J, Pociecha D, Gorecka E. Monolayer Filaments versus Multilayer Stacking of Bent-Core Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201510123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Joanna Matraszek
- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; University of Maribor; Koroska 160 2000 Maribor Slovenia
- Jozef Stefan Institute; Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute; 41-1, Yokomichi Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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- University of Warsaw; Department of Chemistry; ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101 02-089 Warsaw Poland
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Yang Y, Chen G, Martinez-Miranda LJ, Yu H, Liu K, Nie Z. Synthesis and Liquid-Crystal Behavior of Bent Colloidal Silica Rods. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:68-71. [PMID: 26700616 PMCID: PMC6033542 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The design and assembly of novel colloidal particles are of both academic and technological interest. We developed a wet-chemical route to synthesize monodisperse bent rigid silica rods by controlled perturbation of emulsion-templated growth. The bending angle of the rods can be tuned in a range of 0-50° by varying the strength of perturbation in the reaction temperature or pH in the course of rod growth. The length of each arm of the bent rods can be individually controlled by adjusting the reaction time. For the first time we demonstrated that the bent silica rods resemble banana-shaped liquid-crystal molecules and assemble into ordered structures with a typical smectic B2 phase. The bent silica rods could serve as a visualizable mesoscopic model for exploiting the phase behaviors of bent molecules which represent a typical class of liquid-crystal molecules.
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- Yang Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Torras J, Zanuy D, Aradilla D, Alemán C. Solvent effects on the properties of hyperbranched polythiophenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:24610-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04812a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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QM/MM-MD simulations of dendrimers using explicit solvent molecules capture the conformational flexibility and microfluctuations induced by different types of solvents.
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- Juan Torras
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- EEI
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08700 Igualada
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E.T.S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E.T.S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química
- E.T.S. d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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Cao PF, Rong LH, de Leon A, Su Z, Advincula RC. A Supramolecular Polyethylenimine-Cored Carbazole Dendritic Polymer with Dual Applications. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Peng-Fei Cao
- Department of Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Macromolecular Science
and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Chu X, Xing P, Li S, Ma M, Hao J, Hao A. Dual-tuning multidimensional superstructures based on a T-shaped molecule: vesicle, helix, membrane and nanofiber-constructed gel. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12185f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dual-tuning self-assembly of Fmoc–Gly (a T-shape molecule) supramolecular self assembly was firstly reported here.
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- Xiaoxiao Chu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan 250100
- PR China
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Zang Y, Li Y, Li B, Li H, Yang Y. Light emission properties and self-assembly of a tolane-based luminogen. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra04228c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fluorescent micro/nanostructures were formed by self-assembly of a tolane derivative with intramolecular charge transfer and aggregation-induced emission properties.
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- Ying Zang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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