Water-induced helical supramolecular polymerization and gel formation of an alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide dyad.
Xu LinHiroki KurataDeepak D PrabhuMitsuaki YamauchiTomonori OhbaShiki YagaiPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2017)
An alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide (PBI) dyad with hydrophilic substituents forms helical supramolecular polymers that can be visualized by AFM in THF-water mixtures. The supramolecular polymers also form thixotropic gel-like lyotropic mesophases in the mixtures.