Synthesis and self-assembly of photopolymerizable quarterthiophenes

2006 ◽  
Vol 937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Garcia ◽  
E.W. Meijer ◽  
Albertus Schenning

ABSTRACTA variety of α, α'-subtituted quaterthiophenes containing ester, amide and polymerizable side chains have been synthesized and fully characterized. The self-assembly properties of these oligothiophenes were studied as function of the side chain. Introduction of amide functionalities highly promotes the self-assembly via π-stacking and hydrogen bond interactions, while the lack of amides prevent aggregate formation. Initial experiments show that by introducing a sorbyl moiety as a polymerizable group it is possible to achieve covalent fixation of the oligothiophene units in the self-assembled state.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. 5304-5311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Yoon Kim ◽  
Dong-Gue Kang ◽  
Suyong Shin ◽  
Tae-Lim Choi ◽  
Kwang-Un Jeong

For understanding the self-assembly behaviours of norbornene-based main-chain polymers depending on side-chain pendants, a series of polynorbornenes containing the programmed dendrons is newly designed and successfully synthesized via ring opening metathesis polymerization.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (40) ◽  
pp. 31845-31851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Paikar ◽  
Apurba Pramanik ◽  
Debasish Haldar

Side chains interactions promote the self-assembly of discotic tricarboxyamides to form an entangled fiber network and thermo responsive gel.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (113) ◽  
pp. 93337-93346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Hu ◽  
Kai Miao ◽  
Bao Zha ◽  
Xinrui Miao ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
...  

This work provides efficient methods for regulating self-assembled structures by changing the position, length and odd/even properties of the side chains.


2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Geng ◽  
Dezhi Jiao ◽  
Urs Rauwald ◽  
Oren A. Scherman

Hydrophilic copolymers containing recognition motifs based on 2-naphthol moieties in their side chains for the self-assembly with cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]), have been prepared by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Self-assembly of the copolymer with both redox sensitive hydrophilic and hydrophobic viologen derivatives in the presence of CB[8] has been investigated.


Soft Matter ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2887-2893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christianus M. A. Leenders ◽  
Matthew B. Baker ◽  
Imke A. B. Pijpers ◽  
René P. M. Lafleur ◽  
Lorenzo Albertazzi ◽  
...  

The self-assembly of a family of benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides (BTAs) in water is studied systematically to elucidate the role of hydrophobic and hydrogen-bond interactions.


MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (64) ◽  
pp. 3507-3520
Author(s):  
Chunhui Dai ◽  
Kriti Agarwal ◽  
Jeong-Hyun Cho

AbstractNanoscale self-assembly, as a technique to transform two-dimensional (2D) planar patterns into three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale architectures, has achieved tremendous success in the past decade. However, an assembly process at nanoscale is easily affected by small unavoidable variations in sample conditions and reaction environment, resulting in a low yield. Recently, in-situ monitored self-assembly based on ion and electron irradiation has stood out as a promising candidate to overcome this limitation. The usage of ion and electron beam allows stress generation and real-time observation simultaneously, which significantly enhances the controllability of self-assembly. This enables the realization of various complex 3D nanostructures with a high yield. The additional dimension of the self-assembled 3D nanostructures opens the possibility to explore novel properties that cannot be demonstrated in 2D planar patterns. Here, we present a rapid review on the recent achievements and challenges in nanoscale self-assembly using electron and ion beam techniques, followed by a discussion of the novel optical properties achieved in the self-assembled 3D nanostructures.


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Zhao ◽  
Zheng Bian ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Chuanqing Kang ◽  
Lianxun Gao ◽  
...  

Chiral oligo(methylene-p-phenyleneethynylene)s can form vesicular assemblies no matter whether side chains and solvents are hydrophilic or hydrophobic. The self-assembly processes are highly independent of molecular design and chemical environments.


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawei Lu ◽  
Xiangyu Bu ◽  
Xinghua Zhang ◽  
Bing Liu

The shapes of colloidal particles are crucial to the self-assembled superstructures. Understanding the relationship between the shapes of building blocks and the resulting crystal structures is an important fundamental question....


Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Sun ◽  
Qintang Li ◽  
Xiao Chen

Luminescent gels have been successfully fabricated through the self-assembly of sodium cholate and a europium ion in choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1540-1548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Zhu ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Ping Chen ◽  
Lin-Hui Nie ◽  
Chuan-Hao Li ◽  
...  

A facile protocol for the self-assembly of the rGO/β-MnO2 hybrid hydrogel with ultrafine structure and precise control of mass-loading for high performance supercapacitors is reported.


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