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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
Nanotubes of a Different Kind: Stoichiometry and Geometry of the Orange II/γ-Cyclodextrin Complex in Water
Mohan Srinivasarao1,2, David W Jenkins3
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Abstract:
Orange II (O-II), a water-soluble ionic azo dye, aggregates and eventually forms needle-like crystals at concentrations greater than 0.15 M. However, when equimolar amounts of γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) are added to solutions containing O-II at 0.025 M or higher, the solution's appearance rapidly changes presenting a viscous, birefringent liquid, a lyotropic liquid crystalline solution. Birefringence is absent when viewing aqueous solutions of only O-II or γ-CD at concentrations greater than 0.03 M. Using ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and fluorescence spectroscopy, coupled with conductivity measurements, we postulate a structure for the basic "building block" of the self-assembly that eventually gives rise to a rodlike superstructure, leading to the formation of a lyotropic liquid crystalline phase.
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