TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rest, Christina
A1  - Philips, Divya Susan
A1  - Dünnebacke, Torsten
A1  - Sutar, Papri
A1  - Sampedro, Angel
A1  - Droste, Jörn
A1  - Stepanenko, Vladimir
A1  - Hansen, Michael Ryan
A1  - Albuquerque, Rodrigo Q.
A1  - Fernández, Gustavo
T1  - Tuning Aqueous Supramolecular Polymerization by an Acid‐Responsive Conformational Switch
JF  - Chemistry – A European Journal
N2  - Besides their widespread use in coordination chemistry, 2,2’‐bipyridines are known for their ability to undergo cis–trans conformational changes in response to metal ions and acids, which has been primarily investigated at the molecular level. However, the exploitation of such conformational switching in self‐assembly has remained unexplored. In this work, the use of 2,2’‐bipyridines as acid‐responsive conformational switches to tune supramolecular polymerization processes has been demonstrated. To achieve this goal, we have designed a bipyridine‐based linear bolaamphiphile, 1, that forms ordered supramolecular polymers in aqueous media through cooperative aromatic and hydrophobic interactions. Interestingly, addition of acid (TFA) induces the monoprotonation of the 2,2’‐bipyridine moiety, leading to a switch in the molecular conformation from a linear (trans) to a V‐shaped (cis) state. This increase in molecular distortion along with electrostatic repulsions of the positively charged bipyridine‐H\(^{+}\) units attenuate the aggregation tendency and induce a transformation from long fibers to shorter thinner fibers. Our findings may contribute to opening up new directions in molecular switches and stimuli‐responsive supramolecular materials.
KW  - acid-sensitive
KW  - amphiphilic systems
KW  - π-conjugated systems
KW  - noncovalent interactions
KW  - self-assembly
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218118
VL  - 26
IS  - 44
SP  - 10005
EP  - 10013
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hecht, Markus
A1  - Leowanawat, Pawaret
A1  - Gerlach, Tabea
A1  - Stepanenko, Vladimir
A1  - Stolte, Matthias
A1  - Lehmann, Matthias
A1  - Würthner, Frank
T1  - Self‐Sorting Supramolecular Polymerization: Helical and Lamellar Aggregates of Tetra‐Bay‐Acyloxy Perylene Bisimide
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
N2  - A new perylene bisimide (PBI), with a fluorescence quantum yield up to unity, self‐assembles into two polymorphic supramolecular polymers. This PBI bears four solubilizing acyloxy substituents at the bay positions and is unsubstituted at the imide position, thereby allowing hydrogen‐bond‐directed self‐assembly in nonpolar solvents. The formation of the polymorphs is controlled by the cooling rate of hot monomer solutions. They show distinctive absorption profiles and morphologies and can be isolated in different polymorphic liquid‐crystalline states. The interchromophoric arrangement causing the spectral features was elucidated, revealing the formation of columnar and lamellar phases, which are formed by either homo‐ or heterochiral self‐assembly, respectively, of the atropoenantiomeric PBIs. Kinetic studies reveal a narcissistic self‐sorting process upon fast cooling, and that the transformation into the heterochiral (racemic) sheetlike self‐assemblies proceeds by dissociation via the monomeric state.
KW  - liquid crystals
KW  - noncovalent interactions
KW  - self-assembly
KW  - structure elucidation
KW  - supramolecular chemistry
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224586
VL  - 59
IS  - 39
SP  - 17084
EP  - 17090
ER  -