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Effects of metal–ligand coordination on the self-assembly behaviour of a crown ether functionalised perylenetetracarboxylic diimide
A novel perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) derivative, N,N′-di(4′-benzo-15-crown-5-ether)-1,7-di(4-tert-butyl-phenoxy)perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (CRPDI), has been synthesised and characterised. Dimerisation of CRPDI is induced by the presence of K+ in CHCl3 or spontaneously occurs in methanol, as revealed by absorption and emission spectroscopy. In particular, the formation of co-facial dimer in the presence of K+ proceeds in a three-stage process, as indicated by absorption spectroscopy. The belt- and rope-like nanostructures of CRPDI fabricated from methanol and CHCl3 solution in the presence of K+ are obtained by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the conductivi…
Cation-induced self-assembly of an amphiphilic perylene diimide derivative in solution and Langmuir–Blodgett films
Abstract A novel amphiphilic perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) derivative, N-(4′-benzo-15-crown-5-ether)-N-hexyl-1,7-di(4-tert-butyl-phenoxy)perylen-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (15C5PDI), has been synthesized and characterized. Dimerization of 15C5PDI is induced in CHCl 3 solution with the present of K + , resulting in the formation of the slipped co-facial J -aggregates, as revealed by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies. Analysis of the surface pressure–area ( π – A ) isotherms and spectral change for the monolayer formed at the air/water interface, disclosed that 15C5PDI molecules adopted the H -type aggregation mode with a face-to-face configuration and edge-on orientati…