Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Perylenetetracarboxylic Diimide Derivatives with Helical Oligo(l-lactic acid)n Segments

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• 作者：Jun Zhou ; Lin Xue ; Yan Shi ; Xiyou Li ; Qingbin Xue ; Shuangqing Wang
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：October 9, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：40
• 页码：14386-14394
• 全文大小：490K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.40(October 9, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

Three perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) derivatives consisting of a short oligo(l-lactic acid)_n (O-LLA) segment at one imide nitrogen were synthesized. The polymers were characterized by ¹H NMR and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Their properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electronic absorption, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The self-assembly behavior of these PDIs in molten state as well as in solvent was examined. It was found that the structure and the morphology of the self-assembly of these polymers depend on the relative length of the O-LLA segment. The PDIs with longer O-LLA chains present liquid crystal properties with an obvious phase transition from disordered phase to an ordered (伪) phase, which cannot be found for the PDIs with short O-LLA segments. The long O-LLA segments also caused a left-handed helicity for the aggregates of the PDIs from solution. This research demonstrated that one can control the order, aggregation mode, and morphology of the molecular aggregates by changing the length of the O-LLA chains. This information can be useful in the design of new organic materials that exhibit molecular aggregation.