登德罗化二氧化的自组装成复杂的螺旋柱
Virgil Percec1, Mihai Peterca, Timur Tadjiev
1Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA. percec@sas.upenn.edu
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 25, 2011
概括
登德罗化二氧化物自组装成有序的柱状相. 分子排列,无论是四重体还是螺旋体,取决于链接器的长度,影响它们在有机电子中的潜力.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
- 有机电子 有机电子
背景情况:
- 烯3,4:9,10-四碳酸二化物 (PBIs) 是重要的有机半导体.
- 登德罗化提供了一条控制PBI自组装和材料性能的途径.
- 了解结构-属性关系是高级应用程序的关键.
研究的目的:
- 综合和描述一系列第一代树化PBIs.
- 为了研究甲基单位长度 (m) 对自组装行为的影响.
- 探索这些材料在有机电子产品中的潜力.
主要方法:
- 用不同的"m"值合成 (3,4,5) 12G1-m-PBI.
- 使用差分扫描热度计 (DSC) 和X射线衍射进行结构分析.
- 在面向样本上进行固态 (1) H NMR 和分子建模.
主要成果:
- 高温自组装产生2D六角柱状相.
- 低温自组装形成3D柱状阵列:正柱形 (m=0,2,3,4) 和单形 (m=1).
- 正方形阶段具有具有多种分子方向的四重体单位;单临床阶段显示了螺旋式重复与对齐的分子.
结论:
- 甲基连接器的长度在很大程度上决定了柱状自组装结构.
- 与其他相相比,单临螺旋结构 (m=1) 促进了增强的π堆叠.
- 这些发现与为有机电子和太阳能电池设计登德罗化PBIs相关.
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