Supramolecular architectures from bent-core dendritic molecules. 2014

Miguel Cano, and Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer, and José Luis Serrano, and Nélida Gimeno, and M Blanca Ros
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Departamento de Química Orgánica. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Campus San Francisco. 50009-Zaragoza (Spain).

Control of the self-assembly of small molecules to generate architectures with diverse shapes and dimensions is a challenging research field. We report unprecedented results on the ability of ionic, bent dendritic molecules to aggregate in water. A range of analytical techniques (TEM, SEM, SAED, and XRD) provide evidence of the formation of rods, spheres, fibers, helical ribbons, or tubules from achiral molecules. The compact packing of the bent-core structures, which promotes the bent-core mesophases, also occurs in the presence of a poor solvent to provide products ranging from single objects to supramolecular gels. The subtle balance of molecule/solvent interactions and appropriate molecular designs also allows the transfer of molecular conformational chirality to morphological chirality in the overall superstructure. Functional motifs and controlled morphologies can be combined, thereby opening up new prospects for the generation of nanostructured materials through a bottom-up strategy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007477 Ions An atom or group of atoms that have a positive or negative electric charge due to a gain (negative charge) or loss (positive charge) of one or more electrons. Atoms with a positive charge are known as CATIONS; those with a negative charge are ANIONS.
D005782 Gels Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquefies; the resulting colloid is called a sol.
D013237 Stereoisomerism The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Molecular Stereochemistry,Stereoisomers,Stereochemistry, Molecular,Stereoisomer
D014867 Water A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Hydrogen Oxide
D049329 Nanostructures Materials which have structured components with at least one dimension in the range of 1 to 100 nanometers. These include NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; and NANOWIRES. Nanomaterials,Nanostructured Materials,Material, Nanostructured,Materials, Nanostructured,Nanomaterial,Nanostructure,Nanostructured Material
D050091 Dendrimers Tree-like, highly branched, polymeric compounds. They grow three-dimensionally by the addition of shells of branched molecules to a central core. The overall globular shape and presence of cavities gives potential as drug carriers and CONTRAST AGENTS. Dendrimer,Dendritic Compounds,Dendritic Polymers,Dendrons,Compound, Dendritic,Dendritic Compound,Dendritic Polymer,Polymer, Dendritic,Polymers, Dendritic
D050866 Liquid Crystals Materials in intermediate state between solid and liquid. Liquid Crystalline Materials,Mesomorphous Phase Materials,Crystal, Liquid,Crystals, Liquid,Liquid Crystal,Material, Mesomorphous Phase,Materials, Mesomorphous Phase,Mesomorphous Phase Material

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