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Area of Science:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Interfacial behavior of molecular baskets is crucial for applications like toxic molecule sequestration.
  • Amphiphilic supramolecular baskets (ASBs) show promise but their interfacial properties are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interfacial behavior of three ASBs with systematically varied alkyl chain lengths (ASB 4, 8, and 12).
  • To elucidate their surface activity, stability, self-assembly, and monolayer organization at the air-water interface.

Main Methods:

  • Surface pressure-area isotherms and nonequilibrium relaxation experiments to quantify surface activity and stability.
  • Brewster angle microscopy for visualizing interfacial morphology, aggregation, and packing.
  • Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to provide mechanistic insights.

Main Results:

  • Systematic extension of hydrocarbon arms progressively modified intermolecular packing and aggregation pathways.
  • Increased number densities at the air-water interface were observed with longer alkyl chains.
  • Molecular dynamics simulations corroborated experimental findings, detailing the role of basket topology and concentration.

Conclusions:

  • The topology and concentration of ASBs critically govern their interfacial organization.
  • Results provide a rational framework for designing amphiphiles with predictable behavior at soft interfaces.