Citation: Zhao Ya-Kun, Gao Zhong-Zheng, Wang Hui, Zhang Dan-Wei, Li Zhan-Ting. Self-assembly of supramolecular polymers in water from tetracationic and tetraanionic monomers in water through cooperative electrostatic attraction and aromatic stacking[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2019, 30(1): 127-130. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.10.016 shu

Self-assembly of supramolecular polymers in water from tetracationic and tetraanionic monomers in water through cooperative electrostatic attraction and aromatic stacking

Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials(iChEM), Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China

Corresponding author: Zhang Dan-Wei, zhangdw@fudan.edu.cn Li Zhan-Ting, ztli@fudan.edu.cn
Received Date: 15 September 2018
Revised Date: 11 October 2018
Accepted Date: 16 October 2018
Available Online: 18 January 2018

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The cooperative electrostatic attraction and π-π aromatic stacking interactions between tetrahedral tetrapyridinium TP and three tetraanionic tetraphenylethylene derivatives TPE-1~3 led to the formation of a new kind of supramolecular polymer networks in water, which have been confirmed by ¹H NMR, fluorescence, isothermal titration calorimetric (ITC) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiments. ITC studies show that the contributions of enthalpy and entropy were comparable, reflecting the importance of hydrophobicity in driving the intermolecular aromatic stacking. DLS experiments indicate that the linear supramolecular polymers formed by these tetratopic monomers further aggregated into networks of 10²-nm size.
- Supramolecular polymers,
- Electrostatic attraction,
- Aromatic stacking,
- Self-assembly,
- Aqueous phase
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