Controllable hierarchical self-assembly of porphyrin-derived supra-amphiphiles

Shu-Ping Wang, Wei Lin, Xiaolin Wang, Tian-Yong Cen, Hujun Xie, Jianying Huang, Ben-Yue Zhu, Zibin Zhang, Aixin Song, Jingcheng Hao (), Jing Wu and Shijun Li ()
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Shu-Ping Wang: Hangzhou Normal University
Wei Lin: Hangzhou Normal University
Xiaolin Wang: Shandong University, Ministry of Education
Tian-Yong Cen: Hangzhou Normal University
Hujun Xie: Zhejiang Gongshang University
Jianying Huang: Zhejiang Gongshang University
Ben-Yue Zhu: Hangzhou Normal University
Zibin Zhang: Hangzhou Normal University
Aixin Song: Shandong University, Ministry of Education
Jingcheng Hao: Shandong University, Ministry of Education
Jing Wu: Hangzhou Normal University
Shijun Li: Hangzhou Normal University

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Control of self-assembly is significant to the preparation of supramolecular materials and illustration of diversities in either natural or artificial systems. Supra-amphiphiles have remarkable advantages in the construction of nanostructures but control of shape and size of supramolecular nanostructures is still a great challenge. Here, we fabricate a series of supra-amphiphiles by utilizing the recognition motifs based on a heteroditopic porphyrin amphiphile and its zinc complex. These porphyrin amphiphiles can bind with a few guests including Cl–, coronene, C60, 4,4′-bipyridine and 2,4,6-tri(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazine, which are further applied to facilitate the controllable self-assembly. Addition of these guests result in the formation of various supra-amphiphiles with well-defined structures, thus induce the generation of different aggregates. A diverse of aggregation morphologies including nanospheres, nanorods, films, spheric micelles, vesicles and macrowires are constructed upon the influence of specific complexation, which highlights the present work with abundant control on the shapes and dimensions of self-assemblies.

Date: 2019
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