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  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Chiral Materials Science
  • Biorelated Chemistry

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  • Development of novel chiral host-guest systems is crucial for advanced molecular recognition and sensing applications.
  • Biorelated chiral frameworks offer biocompatibility and unique structural properties for supramolecular assembly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize a bent amphiphilic compound using cyclic monoterpenes as chiral building blocks.
  • To investigate the self-assembly of these amphiphiles into chiral micellar capsules in water.
  • To evaluate the host-guest complexation abilities and chiroptical properties of the resulting system.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of bent amphiphilic compounds derived from cyclic monoterpenes.
  • Characterization of self-assembled terpene-based micellar capsules using dynamic light scattering.
  • Spectroscopic studies (CD, fluorescence) of host-guest complexation with achiral dyes (AIE-active TPE, BODIPY).
  • Measurement of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) and emission asymmetry factors.

Main Results:

  • Bent amphiphiles spontaneously formed stable terpene-based micellar capsules (∼2 nm core diameter) in water.
  • The chiral capsules demonstrated broad uptake capabilities for achiral fluorescent dyes.
  • Efficient chirality transfer from the host capsule to guest molecules resulted in strong circular dichroism (CD) signals.
  • The host-guest composites exhibited circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with high asymmetry factors (|g_lum| up to 3.3 × 10⁻³).

Conclusions:

  • A novel, biorelated chiral host-guest system based on terpene-derived micellar capsules was successfully designed and synthesized.
  • The system exhibits excellent host-guest complexation and chirality transfer capabilities, leading to significant chiroptical responses (CD and CPL).
  • This work provides a new platform for developing advanced chiroptical materials with potential applications in sensing and chiral recognition.