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Vasudeva N, Jayasing A, Sindogi K, Yadav I, Row TNG, Jain SK, Pandey A. Embedding plasmonic nanoparticles in soft crystals: an approach exploiting CTAB-I structures. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:2602-2610. [PMID: 38752143 PMCID: PMC11093265 DOI: 10.1039/d4na00008k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
Abstract
Embedding nanoparticles with different functionalities into soft substrates is a convenient tool to realize technologically significant multifunctional materials. This study focuses on incorporating bimetallic plasmonic nanoparticles into soft crystals made of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-iodide. We observed the emergence of a novel symmetry-lowered cetrimonium crystal polymorph that enables the realization of strong interparticle plasmonic coupling in these composite materials. The observed crystal polymorph exhibits a triclinic structure with significantly reduced unit cell volume compared to standard CTAB. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance studies revealed an enhanced cetrimonium chain rigidity and a commensurate decrease in the mobility of the methyl groups. This is attributed to iodide incorporation. To study the influence of these interactions on solution phase dynamical properties, we employed light scattering measurements using gold nanospheres as markers, where we observed aggregation of these particles. We then develop a two step synthetic scheme that successfully enables high levels (533 particles per μm2) of incorporation of bimetallic plasmonic particles into the emergent crystal polymorph.
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- Navyashree Vasudeva
- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Road Bengaluru 560012 India
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Burrows S, Lin EE, Cholakova D, Richardson S, Smoukov SK. Structure of the Hexadecane Rotator Phase: Combination of X-ray Spectra and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:7772-7784. [PMID: 37647602 PMCID: PMC10510391 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c02027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Rotator phases are rotationally disordered plastic crystals, some of which can form upon freezing of alkane at alkane-water interfaces. Existing X-ray diffraction studies show only partial unit cell information for rotator phases of some alkanes. This includes the rotator phase of n-hexadecane, which is a transient metastable phase in pure alkane systems, but shows remarkable stability at interfaces when mediated by a surfactant. Here, we combine synchrotron X-ray diffraction data and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, reporting clear evidence of the face-centered orthorhombic RI rotator phase from spectra for two hexadecane emulsions, one stabilized by Brij C10 and another by Tween 40 surfactants. MD simulations of pure hexadecane use the recently developed Williams 7B force field, which is capable of reproducing crystal-to-rotator phase transitions, and it also predicts the crystal structure of the RI phase. Full unit cell information is obtained by combining unit cell dimensions from synchrotron data and molecular orientations from MD simulations. A unit cell model of the RI phase is produced in the crystallographic information file (CIF) format, with each molecule represented by a superposition of four rotational positions, each with 25% occupancy. Powder diffraction spectra computed using this model are in good agreement with the experimental spectra.
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- Stephen
A. Burrows
- Centre
for Sustainable Engineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Engineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and
Pharmacy, Sofia University, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
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- Centre
for Sustainable Engineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Centre
for Sustainable Engineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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Gavrilko T, Gnatyuk I, Styopkin V, Shcherban N, Baran J, Drozd M. Molecular dynamics and thermo physical properties of solid catanionic surfactants composed of octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide and n-alkanoic acids. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Semenikhin OA, Kucheriv OI, Sacarescu L, Shova S, Gural'skiy IA. Quantum dots assembled from an aziridinium based hybrid perovskite displaying tunable luminescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3566-3569. [PMID: 36880308 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06791a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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3D hybrid perovskites based upon small organic cations gave start to a new intensively growing class of semiconducting materials. Here we report on the elaboration of quantum dots of a recently emerged new perovskite (AzrH)PbBr3 (AzrH = aziridinium cation). By employing the antisolvent precipitation technique and stabilization with a cationic surfactant we succeeded in obtaining quantum dots that display tunable luminescence. This piece of work shows the perspective of aziridinium-based materials for the elaboration of advanced photonic nanostructures.
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- Oleksandr A Semenikhin
- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska St. 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine.
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- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska St. 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine.
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- Department of Inorganic Polymers, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda 41-A, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- Department of Inorganic Polymers, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda 41-A, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska St. 64, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine.
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Poon L, Hum JR, Weiss RG. Effects of cyclic and acyclic amidine side-chains on the properties of polysiloxane ionomers constructed in situ from three uncharged components. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:5502-5508. [PMID: 35848508 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00382a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ionomers, polysiloxanes with imidazolinium dithiocarbamate side chains, have been synthesized in situ from three uncharged components-a polysiloxane with imidazole side chains, CS2, and hexylamine or octadecylamine. Their structural and dynamic properties are compared over a temperature range of 0-50 °C with those of the analogous ionomers in which the polysiloxanes have amidinium side chains. The results, primarily from differential scanning calorimetry, powder X-ray diffraction measurements, and rheology show that the small structural (and smaller electronic) differences between the cyclic 5-membered ring imidazolinium and acyclic amidinium groups have marked effects on the bulk properties of the ionomers. These include their shear strengths and the manner in which the microcrystalline portions of the ionomers with dithiooctadecylcarbamate anions are packed. Thus, it is possible to finely tune the natures of the ionomers from one polysiloxane by changing temperature, the chain length of the alkylamine, and the nature of the base attached to the polysiloxane chain. Why these changes occur to the various properties is discussed.
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- Louis Poon
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1227, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1227, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1227, USA.
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Gil DM, Echeverría J, Alvarez S. Tetramethylammonium Cation: Directionality and Covalency in Its Interactions with Halide Ions. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:9082-9095. [PMID: 35658462 PMCID: PMC9214700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The degree of interpenetration
of the van der Waals crusts of two
atoms, represented by a penetration index, is defined to better quantify
the meaning of the nonbonding contact distances between two atoms,
which should allow us to compare different atom pairs on the same
footing. The structural trends of the intermolecular contacts between
the tetramethylammonium cation (TMA) and halogen atoms are reviewed,
and a computational study of model X···TMA ion pairs
(X = F, Cl, Br, I, Au) is presented. The results disclose two energy
minima, in each of which the anion simultaneously interacts with three
hydrogen atoms. The bonding mechanisms in the two cases are discussed
based on the results of the tools of the trade that provide a consistent
picture in which a distribution of charges significantly varies not
only around each different atom but is also strongly dependent on
the distance to the central N atom. This behavior, together with some
non-negligible covalent character of the interionic interaction, is
not predicted from a single-molecular electrostatic potential map
of the TMA cation. Two
interaction topologies sustain interactions between
the tetramethylammonium cation and halide (or auride) anions. A simple
dependence of the interaction energy on the anion’s atomic
radius is found, as a result of a refined combination of ionic (major
component), covalent, and dispersion forces, in which the interpenetration
of the van der Waals crusts of the interacting atoms seems to have
a role.
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- Diego M Gil
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional IQTC-UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional IQTC-UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional IQTC-UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Weimer GH, Copetti JPP, Orlando T, Zanatta N, Bonacorso HG, Salbego PRS, Martins MAP. The role of attractive and repulsive interactions in the stabilization of ammonium salts structures. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00891b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of ammonium salts was used to propose a step-by-step approach to obtain the stabilization energy and contact area data of supramolecular clusters in charged molecules. A new parameter was presented to assess the cluster energy efficiency.
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- Gustavo H. Weimer
- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís, MA, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Engineering and Environmental Technology (DETA), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Frederico Westphalen Campus, RS, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Stationary states of systems with intermolecular interactions dominated by electrostatics: Structure of trimethylammonium and tetramethylammonium chlorides and bromides in the gas phase, monomers and dimers. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Metastable and stable phase diagrams and thermodynamic properties of the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)/water binary system. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cosby J, Starck P, Littlewood D, Mykhaylyk OO, Ryan AJ. Co-assembly and Structure of Sodium Dodecylsulfate and other n-Alkyl Sulfates in Glycerol: n-Alkyl Sulfate-Glycerol Crystal Phase. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 596:442-454. [PMID: 33852984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
HYPOTHESIS Following the observation of a microfibrillar phase in sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS)-glycerol mixtures, it is hypothesized that this phase is a crystalline structure containing SDS and glycerol, where the interaction between sulfate and glycerol layers mediates the co-assembly, which also could be universal for similar systems formed by n-alkyl sulfate homologues. Experiment. n-alkyl sulfate glycerol solutions were studied using a combination of optical microscopy, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS). Time-resolved SAXS was employed to determine the phase formation in SDS-glycerol-water mixtures. FINDINGS The microfibrillar crystalline phase was reproduced in even-chained n-alkyl sulfates with a chain length between 12 and 18 carbon atoms, where the phase lamellar period increased uniformly with the alkyl chain length. Reconstruction of electron density profiles from the diffraction patterns allowed the lamellar structural motif of the phase, the glycerol location and stoichiometry to be determined. When SDS-glycerol-water mixtures with water concentration below 6 wt% are isothermally solidified at 20 °C, SDS-glycerol crystals and/or anhydrous SDS form, where the former is inhibited by the latter at higher water concentrations. The learnings from the SDS-glycerol phase formation allows new gels to be created, utilising the glycerol-sulfate motif generating microfibrils. This expands the knowledge of the applicable formulation space for SDS-water containing mixtures.
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- James Cosby
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
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- Unilever Research Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, UK
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- Unilever Research Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
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Betaine and l-carnitine ester bromides: Synthesis and comparative study of their thermal behaviour and surface activity. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Wang J, Zhang X, Li H, Wang C, Li H, Keller S, Mishra UK, Nener BD, Parish G, Atkin R. pH-Dependent surface charge at the interfaces between aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) and aqueous solution revealed by surfactant adsorption. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 583:331-339. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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