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Jan 12, 2014

The formation of organogels and helical nanofibers from simple organic salts

Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Yuya Yoshii
  • ,
  • Norihisa Hoshino
  • ,
  • Takashi Takeda
  • ,
  • Hiroki Moritomo
  • ,
  • Jun Kawamata
  • ,
  • Takayoshi Nakamura
  • ,
  • Tomoyuki Akutagawa

Volume
20
Number
49
First page
16279
Last page
16285
Language
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1002/chem.201404043

Simple organic salts based on aniline-derived cations and D-tartrate anions formed organogels and helical nanofibers. The organic salt (p-fluoroanilinium)(D-tartrate) was found to generate an organogel despite the absence of a hydrophobic alkyl chain, whereas (p-iodoanilinium)(D-tar-trate) formed helical nanofibers in braided ropelike structures through a rolling-up process. The helicity of these nanofibers could be reversed by changing the growth solvent. The driving forces responsible for the formation of the nanofibers were determined to be 1D O-H···O∼ hydrogen-bonding interactions between D-tartrate anions and p stacking of anilinium cations, as well as steric hindrance between the hydrogen-bonded chains.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201404043
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  • DOI : 10.1002/chem.201404043
  • ISSN : 0947-6539
  • eISSN : 1521-3765

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