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Abumelha HM, Alharbi H, Abualnaja MM, Alsharief HH, Ashour GR, Saad FA, El-Metwaly NM. Preparation of fluorescent ink using perylene-encapsulated silica nanoparticles toward authentication of documents. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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YOSHIZAWA M, CATTI L. Aromatic micelles: toward a third-generation of micelles. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2023; 99:29-38. [PMID: 36631075 PMCID: PMC9851959 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.99.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Micelles are useful and widely applied molecular assemblies, formed from amphiphilic molecules, in water. The majority of amphiphiles possess an alkyl chain as the hydrophobic part. Amphiphiles bearing hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer chains generate so-called polymeric micelles in water. This review focuses on the recent progress of "aromatic micelles", formed from bent polyaromatic/aromatic amphiphiles, for the development of third-generation micelles. Thanks to multiple host-guest interactions, e.g., the hydrophobic effect and π-π/CH-π interactions, the present micelles display wide-ranging uptake abilities toward various hydrophobic compounds in water. In addition to such host functions, new stimuli-responsive aromatic micelles with pH, light, and redox switches, aromatic oligomer micelles, saccharide-coated aromatic micelles, and related cycloalkane-based micelles were recently developed by our group.
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- Michito YOSHIZAWA
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Li S, Cai L, Hong M, Chen Q, Sun Q. Combinatorial Self‐Assembly of Coordination Cages with Systematically Fine‐Tuned Cavities for Efficient Co‐Encapsulation and Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202204732. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202204732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Shao‐Chuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 (P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 (P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 (P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 (P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou 350002 (P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 (P. R. China
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Li SC, Cai LX, Hong M, Chen Q, Sun QF. Combinatorial Self‐Assembly of Coordination Cages with Systematically Fine‐Tuned Cavities for Efficient Co‐Encapsulation and Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202204732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shao-Chuan Li
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State Key Laboratory of Strutral Chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State Key Laboratory of Strutral Chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State Key Laboratory of Strutral Chemistry CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter State Key Laboratory of Strutral Chemistry CHINA
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- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry 155 Yangqiao Road West 350002 Fuzhou CHINA
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Ueda M, Kishida N, Catti L, Yoshizawa M. Caged bulky organic dyes in a polyaromatic framework and their spectroscopic peculiarities. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8642-8648. [PMID: 35974766 PMCID: PMC9337736 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02308c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Here we report that the open large cavity of an M2L4 polyaromatic cage can efficiently bind sterically demanding organic dyes with coumarin, perylene bisimide, and porphyrin cores in aqueous solution. The spectroscopic properties of the caged dyes are largely modulated in the cavity.
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- Mayuko Ueda
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Gayen K, Paul S, Hazra S, Banerjee A. Solvent-Directed Transformation of the Self-assembly and Optical Property of a Peptide-Appended Core-Substituted Naphthelenediimide and Selective Detection of Nitrite Ions in an Aqueous Medium. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:9577-9587. [PMID: 34319747 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study vividly displays the different self-assembling behavior and consequent tuning of the fluorescence property of a peptide-appended core-substituted naphthalenediimide (N1) in the aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents (n-hexane/n-decane/methyl cyclohexane) and in an aqueous medium within micelles. The N1 is highly fluorescent in the monomeric state and self-aggregates in a hydrocarbon solvent, exhibiting "H-type" or "face-to-face" stacking as indicated by a blue shift of absorption maxima in the UV-vis spectrum. In the H-aggregated state, the fluorescence emission of N1 changes to green from the yellow emission obtained in the monomeric state. In the presence of a micelle-forming surfactant, cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), the N1 is found to be dispersed in a water medium. Interestingly, upon encapsulation of N1 into the micelle, the molecule alters its self-assembling pattern and optical property compared to its behavior in the hydrocarbon solvent. The N1 exhibits "edge-to-edge" stacking or J aggregates inside the micelle as indicated by the UV-vis spectroscopic study, which shows a red shift of the absorption maxima compared to that in the monomeric state. The fluorescence emission also differs in the water medium with the NDI derivative exhibiting red emission. FT-IR studies reveal that all amide NHs of N1 are hydrogen-bonded within the micelle (in the J-aggregated state), whereas both non-bonding and hydrogen-bonding amide NHs are present in the H-aggregated state. This is a wonderful example of solvent-mediated transformation of the aggregation pattern (from H to J) and solvatochromism of emission over a wide range from green in the H-aggregated state to yellow in the monomeric state and orangish-red in the J-aggregated state. Moreover, the J aggregate has been successfully utilized for selective and sensitive detection of nitrite ions in water even in the presence of other common anions (NO3-, SO42-, HSO4-, CO32-, and Cl-).
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- Kousik Gayen
- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Catti L, Narita H, Tanaka Y, Sakai H, Hasobe T, Tkachenko NV, Yoshizawa M. Supramolecular Singlet Fission of Pentacene Dimers within Polyaromatic Capsules. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:9361-9367. [PMID: 34133165 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We herein report a new set of supramolecular nanotools for the generation and modulation of singlet fission (SF) of noncovalent/covalent pentacene dimers. Two molecules of a pentacene monomer with bulky substituents are facilely encapsulated by a polyaromatic capsule, composed of naphthalene-based bent amphiphiles, in water. The encapsulated noncovalent dimer converts to otherwise undetectable triplet pairs and an individual triplet in high quantum yields (179% and 53%, respectively) even under high dilution conditions. Within the capsule, a covalently linked pentacene dimer with bulky groups generates two triplet pair intermediates in parallel, which are hardly distinguished in bulk solution, in excellent total quantum yield (196%). The yield of the individual triplet is enhanced by 1.6 times upon encapsulation. For both types of pentacene dimers, the SF features can be readily tuned by changing the polyaromatic panels of the capsule (i.e., anthracene and phenanthrene).
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- Lorenzo Catti
- WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 8, FI33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Narita H, Catti L, Yoshizawa M. An Aromatic Micelle‐Based Saccharide Cluster with Changeable Fluorescent Color and its Protein Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Haruna Narita
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute Kanazawa University Kakuma-machi Kanazawa 920-1192 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Narita H, Catti L, Yoshizawa M. An Aromatic Micelle-Based Saccharide Cluster with Changeable Fluorescent Color and its Protein Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12791-12795. [PMID: 33713537 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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To develop a new type of synthetic saccharide clusters with changeable fluorescent colors, we herein designed a multisaccharide-coated aromatic micelle. The new cluster forms in water through the quantitative assembly of bent polyaromatic amphiphiles bearing three mannose groups. The spherical assembly, with a 2 nm-sized polyaromatic core and ca. 18 saccharide pendants, is stable even under high dilution conditions (up to 0.02 mM). The emission intensity and color of the saccharide cluster can be altered from moderate blue (ΦF =19 %) to strong red, orange, and green (ΦF up to 67 %) upon encapsulation of hydrophobic fluorescent dyes in water. Moreover, the present fluorescent clusters, both with and without the dyes, display selective interactions with mannose-binding proteins in vitro.
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- Haruna Narita
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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Tsuchida Y, Aratsu K, Hiraoka S, Yoshizawa M. An Aromatic Oligomer Micelle: Large Enthalpic Stabilization and Selective Oligothiophene Uptake. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12754-12758. [PMID: 33773001 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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An aromatic oligomer micelle, featuring both high stability and high uptake ability, was quantitatively formed in water from amphiphilic oligomers, composed of three bent polyaromatic amphiphiles connected alternately by two hydrophilic chains. The well-defined micelle, with a diameter of ca. 2 nm, remains intact even under highly diluted conditions (ca. 3 μM) and at elevated temperature (>130 °C), due to the polyaromatic chelate effect. The thermodynamic studies reveal that large enthalpic gain (ΔH=-110 kJ mol-1 ) is the key for the micelle formation. The oligomer micelle selectively encapsulates unsubstituted oligothiophenes (≥4-mer) to a high degree and the resultant, aqueous host-guest complexes display unusual emission derived from the multiply stacked oligomers. Furthermore, facile uptake and release of unsubstituted polythiophenes can be achieved using the oligomer micelle.
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- Yamato Tsuchida
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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Tsuchida Y, Aratsu K, Hiraoka S, Yoshizawa M. An Aromatic Oligomer Micelle: Large Enthalpic Stabilization and Selective Oligothiophene Uptake. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202101453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yamato Tsuchida
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Department of Basic Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The University of Tokyo 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8902 Japan
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- Department of Basic Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The University of Tokyo 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8902 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Kudo K, Ide T, Kishida N, Yoshizawa M. Preparation of a Multicarbazole-Based Nanocapsule Capable of Largely Modulating Guest Spectroscopic Properties in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:10552-10556. [PMID: 33635566 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A nanocapsule composed of multiple carbazole panels (ca. 12 panels) was quantitatively generated from bent carbazole-based amphiphiles in water. Unlike previously reported macrocycles and coordination cages bearing several carbazole panels, the resultant nanocapsule displays enhanced emissivity and improved electrochemical stability as compared with the monomeric amphiphile. The spectroscopic properties of substituted coumarin and boron-dipyrromethene dyes can be modulated upon encapsulation by the nanocapsule in water. In the cavity, a highly blue-shifted absorption band is observed from largely twisted coumarin dyes and two absorption bands are found from boron-dipyrromethene dimers stacked in an unusual L-shaped fashion. Moreover, the encapsulated dimers exhibit unique excimer-like emission.
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- Kohi Kudo
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, 1220-2 Kunugida-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 193-0997, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, 1220-2 Kunugida-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 193-0997, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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Kudo K, Ide T, Kishida N, Yoshizawa M. Preparation of a Multicarbazole‐Based Nanocapsule Capable of Largely Modulating Guest Spectroscopic Properties in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Kohi Kudo
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Tokyo College 1220-2 Kunugida-machi, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 193-0997 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Tokyo College 1220-2 Kunugida-machi, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 193-0997 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku Yokohama 226-8503 Japan
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Three host peculiarities of a cycloalkane-based micelle toward large metal-complex guests. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6061. [PMID: 33247106 PMCID: PMC7695700 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19886-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Linear alkanes are essential building blocks for natural and artificial assemblies in water. As compared with typical, linear alkane-based micelles and recent aromatic micelles, we herein develop a cycloalkane-based micelle, consisting of bent amphiphiles with two cyclohexyl frameworks. This uncommon type of micelle, with a spherical core diameter of ~ 2 nm, forms in water in a spontaneous and quantitative manner. The cycloalkane-based, hydrophobic cavity displays peculiar host abilities as follows: (i) highly efficient uptake of sterically demanding Zn(II)-tetraphenylporphyrin and rubrene dyes, (ii) selective uptake of substituted Cu(II)-phthalocyanines and spherical nanocarbons, and (iii) uptake-induced solution-state emission of [Au(I)-dimethylpyrazolate]3 in water. These host functions toward the large metal-complex and other guests studied herein remain unaccomplished by previously reported micelles and supramolecular containers. Typical micelles are molecular assemblies composed of amphiphiles bearing linear alkyl chains. Herein, the authors present an uncommon type of cycloalkane-based bent amphiphile and its micelle which encapsulates large metal- complexes with high uptake efficiency, selectivity, and emissivity in water.
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