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Li YX, Jia RY, Ungar G, Ma T, Zhao K, Zeng XB, Cheng XH. Thermotropic "Plumber's Nightmare"-A Tight Liquid Organic Double Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202413215. [PMID: 39105624 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202413215] [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: 07/13/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024]
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Gyroid, double diamond and the body-centred "Plumber's nightmare" are the three most common bicontinuous cubic phases in lyotropic liquid crystals and block copolymers. While the first two are also present in solvent-free thermotropics, the latter had never been found. Containing six-fold junctions, it was unlikely to form in the more common phases with rod-like cores normal to the network columns, where a maximum of four branches can join at a junction. The solution has therefore been sought in side-branched mesogens that lie in axial bundles joined at their ends by flexible "hinges". But for the tightly packed double framework, geometric models predicted that the side-chains should be very short. The true Plumber's nightmare reported here, using fluorescent dithienofluorenone rod-like mesogen, has been achieved with, indeed, no side chains at all, but with 6 flexible end-chains. Such molecules normally form columnar phases, but the key to converting a complex helical column-forming mesogen into a framework-forming one was the addition of just one methyl group to each pendant chain. A geometry-based explanation is given.
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- Ya-Xin Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, 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, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry from Natural Resources, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry from Natural Resources, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry from Natural Resources, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, P. R. China
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Sun Y, Escobedo FA. Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation of Bolapolyphiles with a Multident Lateral Chain: Formation and Structural Analysis of Cubic Network Phases. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:1519-1537. [PMID: 37490766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Bolapolyphiles constitute a versatile class of materials with a demonstrated potential to form a wide variety of complex ordered mesophases. In particular, cubic network phases (like the gyroid, primitive, and diamond phases) have been a target of many studies for their ability to create percolating 3D nanosized channels. In this study, molecular simulations are used to explore the phase behavior of bolapolyphiles containing a rigid rodlike core, associating hydrophilic core ends and a hydrophobic side chain with a multident architecture, i.e., where the branching pattern can vary from bident (two branches) to hexadent (six branches). Upon network phase formation, its skeleton is made up of "nodes" populated by the core ends and "struts" populated by the cores. It is shown that, by varying the side chain length, branching pattern, and attachment point to the core, one can alter the crowding around the cores and hence tune the nodal size and nodal valence (i.e., number of connecting struts) which lead to different types of network morphologies. For example, for a fixed total side chain length, having more branches generates a stronger crowding around the molecular core, driving them to form bundlelike domains with curvier interfaces that result in thinner struts. Also, attaching the lateral chain closer to one core end breaks the symmetry between the environments around the two core ends, leading to networks with bimodal nodal sizes. Importantly, since the characterization of (ordered or partially ordered) network phases is challenging given the potential incompatibilities between the simulation box size with the structure's space group periodic symmetry and the effect of morphological defects, a detailed framework is presented to analyze and fully characterize the unit cell parameters and structure factor of such systems.
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- Yangyang Sun
- R. F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- R. F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Cai X, Hauche S, Poppe S, Cao Y, Zhang L, Huang C, Tschierske C, Liu F. Network Phases with Multiple-Junction Geometries at the Gyroid-Diamond Transition. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:1000-1010. [PMID: 36603102 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A novel phase sequence for the transition from the double diamond to the double gyroid cubic phases via two non-cubic intermediate phases, an orthorhombic Fmmm (O69) phase and a hexagonal P63/m (H176) phase, is reported for specifically designed bolapolyphiles composed of a linear rod-like bistolane core with sticky glycerol ends and two branched central and two linear peripheral side chains. These liquid crystalline (LC) phases represent members of a new class of unicontinuous network phases, formed by longitudinal rod bundles with polar spheres acting as junctions and the alkyl chains forming the continuum around them. In contrast to previously known bicontinuous cubic networks, they combine different junctions with different angles in a common structure, and one of them even represents a triple network instead of the usually found double networks. This provides new perspectives for the design of soft network phases with enhanced structural complexity, inspiring the search for new supramolecular networks, nano-particle arrays, and photonic band-gap materials.
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- Xiaoqian Cai
- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviors of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kur-Mother Str. 2, Halle (Saale) 06120, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kur-Mother Str. 2, Halle (Saale) 06120, Germany
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviors 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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- 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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- Instrumental Analysis Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kur-Mother Str. 2, Halle (Saale) 06120, Germany
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviors of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China.,Instrumental Analysis Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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Chen C, Poppe M, Poppe S, Wagner M, Tschierske C, Liu F. Tetrahedral Liquid-Crystalline Networks: An A15-Like Frank-Kasper Phase Based on Rod-Packing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203447. [PMID: 35470526 PMCID: PMC9321821 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The Pm 3 ‾ n cubic and other low-symmetry Frank-Kasper phases are known to be formed by soft spheres, ranging from metals to block copolymer micelles and colloidal nanoparticles. Here, we report a series of X-shaped polyphiles composed of sticky rods and two non-symmetric branched side-chains, which self-assemble into the first example of a cubic liquid-crystalline phase representing a tetrahedral network of rods with a Pm 3 ‾ n lattice. It is the topological dual to the Weaire-Phelan foam, being the Voronoi tessellation of the A15 sphere packing, from which this network is obtained by Delaunay triangulation.
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- Changlong Chen
- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft MatterState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206120Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206120Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206120Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206120Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft MatterState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049P. R. China
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Chen C, Poppe M, Poppe S, Wagner M, Tschierske C, Liu F. Tetrahedral Liquid‐Crystalline Networks: An A15‐Like Frank–Kasper Phase Based on Rod‐Packing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Changlong Chen
- Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour 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/Saale Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes Str. 2 06120 Halle/Saale Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes Str. 2 06120 Halle/Saale Germany
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- Department 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 Behaviour of Materials Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China
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Du X, Ma T, Ge T, Chang Q, Liu X, Cheng X. Molecular design directs self-assembly of DPP polycatenars into 2D and 3D complex nanostructures. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rosati M, Acocella A, Pizzi A, Turtù G, Neri G, Demitri N, Nonappa, Raffaini G, Donnio B, Zerbetto F, Bombelli FB, Cavallo G, Metrangolo P. Janus-Type Dendrimers Based on Highly Branched Fluorinated Chains with Tunable Self-Assembly and 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Properties. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Marta Rosati
- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, FI-33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux de Strasbourg - IPCMS, UMR 7504 - CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, F-67034 Cedex 2 Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular and Bio-Nanomaterials (SupraBioNanoLab), Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Via Luigi Mancinelli 7, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Reppe T, Poppe S, Tschierske C. Controlling Mirror Symmetry Breaking and Network Formation in Liquid Crystalline Cubic, Isotropic Liquid and Crystalline Phases of Benzil-Based Polycatenars. Chemistry 2020; 26:16066-16079. [PMID: 32652801 PMCID: PMC7756378 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Spontaneous development of chirality in systems composed of achiral molecules is important for new routes to asymmetric synthesis, chiral superstructures and materials, as well as for the understanding of the mechanisms of emergence of prebiotic chirality. Herein, it is shown that the 4,4'-diphenylbenzil unit is a universal transiently chiral bent building block for the design of multi-chained (polycatenar) rod-like molecules capable of forming a wide variety of helically twisted network structures in the liquid, the liquid crystalline (LC) and the crystalline state. Single polar substituents at the apex of tricatenar molecules support the formation of the achiral (racemic) cubic double network phase with Ia 3 ‾ d symmetry and relatively small twist along the networks. The combination of an alkyl chain with fluorine substitution leads to the homogeneously chiral triple network phase with I23 space group, and in addition, provides a mirror symmetry broken liquid. Replacing F by Cl or Br further increases the twist, leading to a short pitch double gyroid Ia 3 ‾ d phase, which is achiral again. The effects of the structural variations on the network structures, either leading to achiral phases or chiral conglomerates are analyzed.
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- Tino Reppe
- Institute of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes-Straße 206120HalleGermany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes-Straße 206120HalleGermany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes-Straße 206120HalleGermany
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Chen C, Poppe M, Poppe S, Tschierske C, Liu F. Liquid Organic Frameworks: A Liquid Crystalline 8-Connected Network with Body-Centered Cubic Symmetry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20820-20825. [PMID: 32692869 PMCID: PMC7693253 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Liquid state self-assembly is important for the understanding of the complex structures developed in abiogenesis and biogenesis as well as for numerous potential technological applications. Herein we report the first body-centered cubic liquid crystalline phase with 8-connected network topology and open octahedral network structure. It is formed by dynamic soft self-assembly of X-shaped polyphiles with oligo(para-phenylene-ethynylene) cores. The π-conjugated rods with perfluorinated inner benzene rings form networks conjoined by eight-way junctions, which are formed by nano-segregated spheres involving hydrogen-bonded polar end groups, while the branched aliphatic chains at opposite sides of the cores fill the continuum. This novel cubic phase is based on the I-WP minimal surface separating the frameworks of polyaromatic cores from the most disordered chain segments. It can also be considered as a dense sphere packing. Such liquid organic frameworks, representing hybrids of sphere packings and networks could be of interest for organic photonics and other technologies.
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- Changlong Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsShaanxi International Research Center for Soft MatterXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206108Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206108Halle/SaaleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes Str. 206108Halle/SaaleGermany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of MaterialsShaanxi International Research Center for Soft MatterXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an710049P. R. China
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Chen C, Poppe M, Poppe S, Tschierske C, Liu F. Liquid Organic Frameworks: A Liquid Crystalline 8‐Connected Network with Body‐Centered Cubic Symmetry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Changlong Chen
- 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 06108 Halle/Saale Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes Str. 2 06108 Halle/Saale Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Kurt-Mothes Str. 2 06108 Halle/Saale 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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Cao Y, Alaasar M, Nallapaneni A, Salamończyk M, Marinko P, Gorecka E, Tschierske C, Liu F, Vaupotič N, Zhu C. Molecular Packing in Double Gyroid Cubic Phases Revealed via Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:027801. [PMID: 32701342 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.027801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The bicontinuous double gyroid phase is one of the nature's most symmetric and complex structures, the electron density map of which was established long ago. By utilizing small-angle x-ray scattering, resonant soft x-ray scattering at the carbon K edge and model-dependent tensor-based scattering theory, we have not only elucidated morphology but also identified molecular packing in the double gyroid phases formed by molecules with different shapes, i.e., rodlike vs taper shaped, thus validating some of the hypothetical packing models and disproving others. The spatial variation of molecular orientation through the channel junctions in the double gyroid phase can be either continuous in the case of anisotropic channels or discontinuous in the case of isotropic channels depending on the molecular structure and shape.
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- Yu Cao
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
- Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Zhang R, Su Z, Yan X, Huang J, Shan W, Dong X, Feng X, Lin Z, Cheng SZD. Discovery of Structural Complexity through Self‐Assembly of Molecules Containing Rodlike Components. Chemistry 2020; 26:6741-6756. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ruimeng Zhang
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology School of Molecular Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 P.R. 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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- 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 P.R. China
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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 P.R. 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 S, Cheng X, Chen C, Zeng X, Zhang RB, Liu F, Ungar G, Tschierske C. Liquid Organic Frameworks: The Single-Network “Plumber’s Nightmare” Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystal. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3296-3300. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Silvio Poppe
- 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
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resources, Chemistry Department, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, People’s Republic of 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, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K
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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, People’s Republic of 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, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K
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- Institute of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
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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]
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- 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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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]
Affiliation(s)
- 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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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]
Affiliation(s)
- 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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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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