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Supramolecular Alternate Co‐Assembly through a Non‐Covalent Amphiphilic Design: Conducting Nanotubes with a Mixed D–A Structure
Author(s) -
Rao K. Venkata,
George Subi J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201202168
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , amphiphile , covalent bond , self assembly , molecule , stack (abstract data type) , conjugated system , materials science , nanotechnology , self healing hydrogels , non covalent interactions , acceptor , chemistry , polymer chemistry , hydrogen bond , organic chemistry , polymer , copolymer , computer science , physics , composite material , programming language , condensed matter physics
Mixing it up! The supramolecular alternate co‐assembly of extended π‐conjugated donor (D) and acceptor (A) molecules (i.e., oligo(phenylenevinylene) and perylenebisimide, respectively), to 1‐D nanotubes with an unprecedented mixed stack D–A molecular structure is presented, through a non‐covalent amphiphilic design strategy, which results in the formation of hydrogels with remarkable mechanical properties (see scheme).