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Cao Y, Scholte A, Prehm M, Anders C, Chen C, Song J, Zhang L, He G, Tschierske C, Liu F. Understanding the Role of Trapezoids in Honeycomb Self-Assembly-Pathways between a Columnar Liquid Quasicrystal and its Liquid-Crystalline Approximants. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202314454. [PMID: 38009676 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Quasiperiodic patterns and crystals-having long range order without translational symmetry-have fascinated researchers since their discovery. In this study, we report on new p-terphenyl-based T-shaped facial polyphiles with two alkyl end chains and a glycerol-based hydrogen-bonded side group that self-assemble into an aperiodic columnar liquid quasicrystal with 12-fold symmetry and its periodic liquid-crystalline approximants with complex superstructures. All represent honeycombs formed by the self-assembly of the p-terphenyls, dividing space into prismatic cells with polygonal cross-sections. In the perspective of tiling patterns, the presence of unique trapezoidal tiles, consisting of three rigid sides formed by the p-terphenyls and one shorter, incommensurate, and adjustable side by the alkyl end chains, plays a crucial role for these phases. A delicate temperature-dependent balance between conformational, entropic and space-filling effects determines the role of the alkyl chains, either as network nodes or trapezoid walls, thus resulting in the order-disorder transitions associated with emergence of quasiperiodicity. In-depth analysis suggests a change from a quasiperiodic tiling involving trapezoids to a modified one with a contribution of trapezoid pair fusion. This work paves the way for understanding quasiperiodicity emergence and develops fundamental concepts for its generation by chemical design of non-spherical molecules, aggregates, and frameworks based on dynamic reticular chemistry.
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- Yu Cao
- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Frontier Institute for Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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Wang L, Wang Q, Rosqvist E, Smått JH, Yong Q, Lassila L, Peltonen J, Rosenau T, Toivakka M, Willför S, Eklund P, Xu C, Wang X. Template-Directed Polymerization of Binary Acrylate Monomers on Surface-Activated Lignin Nanoparticles in Toughening of Bio-Latex Films. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207085. [PMID: 36919307 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fabricating bio-latex colloids with core-shell nanostructure is an effective method for obtaining films with enhanced mechanical characteristics. Nano-sized lignin is rising as a class of sustainable nanomaterials that can be incorporated into latex colloids. Fundamental knowledge of the correlation between surface chemistry of lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) and integration efficiency in latex colloids and from it thermally processed latex films are scarce. Here, an approach to integrate self-assembled nanospheres of allylated lignin as the surface-activated cores in a seeded free-radical emulsion copolymerization of butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate is proposed. The interfacial-modulating function on allylated LNPs regulates the emulsion polymerization and it successfully produces a multi-energy dissipative latex film structure containing a lignin-dominated core (16% dry weight basis). At an optimized allyl-terminated surface functionality of 1.04 mmol g-1 , the LNPs-integrated latex film exhibits extremely high toughness value above 57.7 MJ m-3 . With multiple morphological and microstructural characterizations, the well-ordered packing of latex colloids under the nanoconfinement of LNPs in the latex films is revealed. It is concluded that the surface chemistry metrics of colloidal cores in terms of the abundance of polymerization-modulating anchors and their accessibility have a delicate control over the structural evolution of core-shell latex colloids.
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- Luyao Wang
- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Physical Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Physical Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Turku Clinical Biomaterials Centre, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4b, Turku, FI-20520, Finland
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- Physical Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU University), Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, Tulln, AT-3430, Austria
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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- Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku, FI-20500, Finland
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Suzuki J, Suzuki M, Takano A, Matsushita Y. Cylindrical Super‐Lattice Structures with Three‐Contrasts from Pentablock Binary Blends Studied by Monte Carlo Simulation. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jiro Suzuki
- Computing Research Center High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Oho 1, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐0031 Japan
- Information System Section J‐PARC Center, 2‐4, Shirane Shirakata, Tokai‐mura, Naka‐gun Ibaraki 319‐1195 Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo‐cho, Chikusa‐ku, Nagoya Aichi 464‐8603 Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo‐cho, Chikusa‐ku, Nagoya Aichi 464‐8603 Japan
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- Fellow Division Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute 41‐1, Yokomichi, Nagakute Aichi 480‐1192 Japan
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Poppe M, Chen C, Liu F, Poppe S, Tschierske C. Emergence of uniform tilt and π-stacking in triangular liquid crystalline honeycombs. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:6526-6529. [PMID: 34105554 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02556b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synclinic tilted organization of specifically designed polyphilic oligo(p-phenylene ethynylene) rods in cylindrical shells around triangular prismatic cells on the <5 nm scale leads to a new kind of liquid crystalline honeycomb composed of helical shells with alternating helix sense. Core fluorination at the outer ring modifies the core-core interactions, thus resulting in triangular arrays with face-to-face π-stacking along the honeycomb.
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- Marco Poppe
- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Yan X, Guo Q, Lin Z, Liu X, Yuan J, Wang J, Wang H, Liu Y, Su Z, Liu T, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Huang M, Zhang W, Cheng SZD. Geometry‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Polymeric Molecular Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Xiao‐Yun Yan
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Chemistry Lehigh University 6 E Packer Avenue Bethlehem PA 18015 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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Yan X, Guo Q, Lin Z, Liu X, Yuan J, Wang J, Wang H, Liu Y, Su Z, Liu T, Huang J, Zhang R, Wang Y, Huang M, Zhang W, Cheng SZD. Geometry‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Polymeric Molecular Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:2024-2029. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Xiao‐Yun Yan
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Department of Chemistry Lehigh University 6 E Packer Avenue Bethlehem PA 18015 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Polymer Science College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron Akron OH 44325-3909 USA
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Poppe M, Chen C, Poppe S, Kerzig C, Liu F, Tschierske C. Different Modes of Deformation of Soft Triangular Honeycombs at the Sub-5 nm Scale. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2005070. [PMID: 33063389 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Patterning on the sub-5 nm length scale is a contemporary challenge for further miniaturization of microelectronic circuits. Here, the first soft self-assembled triangular patterns are reported showing transitions between regular and two different kinds of isosceles (acute and obtuse angled) triangles on this length scale, formed by liquid crystalline honeycombs of polyphilic block molecules involving a fluorinated oligo(para-phenylene ethynylene) core. The type of formed triangular pattern depends on the degree and position of fluorination and on temperature. They are the first soft honeycombs combining tilted and nontilted organizations in a uniform nanostructure, where the tilted molecules in only one or two sides of the triangular prismatic cells dominate the shape and the size of the morphology.
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- Marco Poppe
- Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, Halle/Saale, D-06108, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, Halle/Saale, D-06108, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, Halle/Saale, D-06108, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, Halle/Saale, D-06108, Germany
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A periodic dodecagonal supertiling by self-assembly of star-shaped molecules in the liquid crystalline state. Commun Chem 2020; 3:70. [PMID: 36703439 PMCID: PMC9814142 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-0314-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Molecular tessellations are known in solid state systems and their formation is often induced or supported by a periodic surface lattice. Here we discover a complex tessellation on the 10 nm length scale, spontaneously formed in the highly dynamic liquid crystalline state. It is composed of overlapping dodecagonal supertiles combining prismatic cells with triangular and square cross sections. This complex honeycomb occurs between a triangular honeycomb at high and a square at low temperature, being opposite to the sequence expected for a thermal expansion of the side chains in the prismatic cells. Formation of the supertiles is supported by the segregation of alkyl chains with different length. The emergent behaviour of this complex soft matter structure is demonstrated, and intriguing connections between self-assembly on surfaces, in liquid crystals, and in block copolymers are drawn. Moreover, the tessellation represents a close approximant of the elusive columnar liquid quasicrystal with dodecagonal symmetry.
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Scholte A, Hauche S, Wagner M, Prehm M, Poppe S, Chen C, Liu F, Zeng X, Ungar G, Tschierske C. A self-assembled liquid crystal honeycomb of highly stretched (3-1-1)-hexagons. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 56:62-65. [PMID: 31799978 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08502e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new liquid crystalline honeycomb phase is reported, containing highly stretched giant hexagonal cells with two opposing walls spanned by three consecutive end-to-end H-bonded rods, the (3-1-1) hexagons.
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- Alexander Scholte
- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China. and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Zhao K, Xiao Y, Chang Q, Zhang D, Cheng X. Azobenzene-based asymmetric bolaamphiphiles: Formation of LC phases with honeycomb structures and gels with helical structures. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Kong T, Hu J, Xiao Y, Liu C, Cheng X. Bolapolyphiles viaClick Reaction: Effect of Flexible Polyaromatic Backbone Involving Polar Hydrogen Bonding Units on Their Self‐assembly. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201902678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tongtong Kong
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural ResourcesChemistry DepartmentYunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural ResourcesChemistry DepartmentYunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural ResourcesChemistry DepartmentYunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural ResourcesChemistry DepartmentYunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural ResourcesChemistry DepartmentYunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091 P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringYangtze Normal University Fuling 408100 P. R. China
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Zeng X, Poppe S, Lehmann A, Prehm M, Chen C, Liu F, Lu H, Ungar G, Tschierske C. A Self‐Assembled Bicontinuous Cubic Phase with a Single‐Diamond Network. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:7375-7379. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Xiangbing Zeng
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
- Present address: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow University Suzhou China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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Pappu LM, Martin-Palma R, Martín-Adrados B, Abdulhalim I. Voltage controlled scattering from porous silicon Mie-particles in liquid crystals. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Zeng X, Poppe S, Lehmann A, Prehm M, Chen C, Liu F, Lu H, Ungar G, Tschierske C. A Self‐Assembled Bicontinuous Cubic Phase with a Single‐Diamond Network. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201902677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xiangbing Zeng
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
- Present address: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow University Suzhou China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD UK
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2 06120 Halle Germany
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Yoshizawa A, Kurata M. Porous surface of an achiral trimer in the chiral conglomerate phase catalyzes a direct aldol reaction. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj01913h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The honeycomb-like porous surface consisting of linear trimer molecules catalyzes the direct aldol reaction of acetone with benzaldehyde at room temperature to give racemic β-hydroxyketone.
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- Atsushi Yoshizawa
- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
- Aomori 036-8561
- Japan
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- Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University
- Aomori 036-8561
- Japan
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Lechner BD, Biehl P, Ebert H, Werner S, Meister A, Hause G, Bacia K, Tschierske C, Blume A. Controlling the Miscibility of X-Shaped Bolapolyphiles in Lipid Membranes by Varying the Chemical Structure and Size of the Polyphile Polar Headgroup. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:10861-10871. [PMID: 30407826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b08582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bolaamphiphiles are well-known naturally occurring structures that can increase the thermal and mechanical stability of the phospholipid membrane by incorporation in a transmembrane manner. Modifications of bolaamphiphiles to introduce particular structural elements such as a conjugated aromatic backbone and lateral side chains in the hydrophobic region lead to bolapolyphiles (BPs). We investigated the ability of BPs to form lyotropic phases in water. The BPs had an identical backbone and side chains, but different headgroup structures, leading to different abilities to act as hydrogen bond donors and acceptors. BPs with hydrophilic headgroups capable of acting as hydrogen bond donors as well as acceptors did not form lyotropic phases and were insoluble in water, independent of whether the polar groups were small or large. The extended lipophilic core structure and the multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the headgroups prevented the formation of well-hydrated lyotropic aggregates. A BP with two large hydrophilic headgroups of several ethylene oxide moieties terminated by methyl groups formed sheet- and vesicle-like aggregates in water. These headgroups act only as hydrogen bond acceptors and cannot form hydrogen bonds in the absence of water. The miscibility of BPs with vesicles of 1,2-dipalmitoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) in water and the resulting aggregate structures were also investigated. For BPs with headgroups acting as donors and acceptors of hydrogen bonds, macroscopic phase separation occurred in the mixed membranes, and two different membrane domains, a DPPC-rich one containing only little polyphile and a BP-rich one containing varying amounts of lipid, were formed. For headgroups without the ability to act as hydrogen bond donors, small BP aggregates were formed that were homogeneously distributed over the membrane. The lateral organization of BPs in lipid membranes can thus be controlled by the nature of the BP headgroup.
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Liu F, Tang P, Zhang H, Yang Y. Archimedean Tiling Patterns Self-Assembled from X-Shaped Rod–Coil Copolymers with Hydrogen Bonds. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Faqiang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Poppe S, Chen C, Liu F, Tschierske C. A skeletal double gyroid formed by single coaxial bundles of catechol based bolapolyphiles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:11196-11199. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06956e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A new cubic phase is reported, formed by two networks of rod-bundles with one molecule length and containing discrete polar aggregates at the junctions.
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- Silvio Poppe
- Institute of Chemistry
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- 06120 Halle
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
- Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Xi’an 710049
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
- Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Xi’an 710049
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- 06120 Halle
- Germany
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Poppe S, Poppe M, Ebert H, Prehm M, Chen C, Liu F, Werner S, Bacia K, Tschierske C. Effects of Lateral and Terminal Chains of X-Shaped Bolapolyphiles with Oligo(phenylene ethynylene) Cores on Self-Assembly Behaviour. Part 1: Transition between Amphiphilic and Polyphilic Self-Assembly in the Bulk. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E471. [PMID: 30965775 PMCID: PMC6418615 DOI: 10.3390/polym9100471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Polyphilic self-assembly leads to compartmentalization of space and development of complex structures in soft matter on different length scales, reaching from the morphologies of block copolymers to the liquid crystalline (LC) phases of small molecules. Whereas block copolymers are known to form membranes and interact with phospholipid bilayers, liquid crystals have been less investigated in this respect. Here, series of bolapolyphilic X-shaped molecules were synthesized and investigated with respect to the effect of molecular structural parameters on the formation of LC phases (part 1), and on domain formation in phospholipid bilayer membranes (part 2). The investigated bolapolyphiles are based on a rod-like π-conjugated oligo(phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) core with two glycerol groups being either directly attached or separated by additional ethylene oxide (EO) units to both ends. The X-shape is provided by two lateral alkyl chains attached at opposite sides of the OPE core, being either linear, branched, or semiperfluorinated. In this report, the focus is on the transition from polyphilic (triphilic or tetraphilic) to binary amphiphilic self-assembly. Polyphilic self-assembly, i.e., segregation of all three or four incorporated units into separate nano-compartments, leads to the formation of hexagonal columnar LC phases, representing triangular honeycombs. A continuous transition from the well-defined triangular honeycomb structures to simple hexagonal columnar phases, dominated by the arrangement of polar columns on a hexagonal lattice in a mixed continuum formed by the lipophilic chains and the OPE rods, i.e., to amphiphilic self-assembly, was observed by reducing the length and volume of the lateral alkyl chains. A similar transition was found upon increasing the length of the EO units involved in the polar groups. If the lateral alkyl chains are enlarged or replaced by semiperfluorinated chains, then the segregation of lateral chains and rod-like cores is retained, even for enlarged polar groups, i.e., the transition from polyphilic to amphiphilic self-assembly is suppressed.
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- Silvio Poppe
- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Poppe M, Chen C, Liu F, Prehm M, Poppe S, Tschierske C. Emergence of tilt in square honeycomb liquid crystals. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:4676-4680. [PMID: 28671196 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00776k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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First liquid crystalline phases with tilted organization of rod-like aromatics in a square honeycomb structure were discovered. The developing tilt is temperature, chain length and chain volume dependent, and has a dramatic effect on the optical properties, occasionally leading to an inversion of birefringence. The observed effects of chain branching on tilt contributes to a general understanding of lateral chain engineering in tailoring the self-assembly of π-conjugated molecular rods.
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- Marco Poppe
- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.
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Poppe M, Chen C, Ebert H, Poppe S, Prehm M, Kerzig C, Liu F, Tschierske C. Transition from nematic to gyroid-type cubic soft self-assembly by side-chain engineering of π-conjugated sticky rods. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:4381-4392. [PMID: 28573294 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00793k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A sequence of liquid crystalline phases, involving cybotactic nematics, a lamellar phase, bicontinuous cubics and triangular honeycombs, was observed for oligo(phenylene ethynylene) based X-shaped bolapolyphiles with two long lateral alkyl chains and sticky ends provided by glycerol groups. In the cubic phase with Ia3[combining macron]d lattice - which is tailored by alkyl chain engineering - the aromatic cores are organized on the gyroid minimal surface in 3D curved layers of almost parallel aligned π-conjugated rods. It is shown that this type of cubic phase is a general mode of soft self-assembly of X-shaped bolapolyphiles at the cross-over from the (long or short range) lamellar to the triangular honeycomb-like organization. Cubic phase formation is found only in a narrow range with respect to temperature and chain-length for the non-fluorinated compounds and in much wider ranges for related core-fluorinated molecules.
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- Marco Poppe
- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Str. 2, D-06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Poppe M, Chen C, Liu F, Poppe S, Tschierske C. Formation of a Cubic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructure with π-Conjugated Fluorinated Rods on the Gyroid Minimal Surface. Chemistry 2017; 23:7196-7200. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Marco Poppe
- Department of Chemistry; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an 710049 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2 06120 Halle Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2 06120 Halle Germany
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Idelson A, Sterzenbach C, Jester SS, Tschierske C, Baumeister U, Höger S. A Liquid-Crystalline Phenylene-Based Shape-Persistent Molecular Spoked Wheel. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:4429-4434. [PMID: 28248519 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b13020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular spoked wheels with an all-phenylene backbone and different alkoxy side chain substitution patterns were synthesized using a cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition and subsequent template-directed cyclization via Yamamoto coupling. The two-dimensional organization of the molecules at the solid/liquid interface was investigated by means of scanning tunneling microscopy, allowing imaging of the molecular structure with submolecular resolution. With the right proportion of the flexible alkyl corona to the rigid core, mesomorphic behavior of one compound could be observed over a wide temperature range.
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- Alissa Idelson
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Organische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg , Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Physikalische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg , Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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