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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Ionogels of pseudogemini supra-amphiphiles in ethylammonium nitrate: Structures and properties
Xiaolin Wang1, Zhuo Zhang1, Yixue Cao1
1Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China.
Abstract:
Thermoreversible ionogels formed by pseudogemini surfactants were prepared in protic ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate (EAN). Gemini-type supra-amphiphiles were formed by single-chain surfactants and bola-type molecules in a 2:1M ratio. The structures of aggregates including polymorphous lamellar structures and fibrous networks constituted by multilayer lamellae were determined by optical microscopy observations, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The mechanism of molecular arrangement in aggregates was proposed. Transformation temperatures of samples which are closely related to the stability of well-ordered molecules in aggregates, as well as the rheological properties of ionogels were investigated systematically. The work affords a new way to construct ionogel by using the supramolecular self-assembly of pseudogemini-type molecules, and brings new ideas for the future construction of ionogels.
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