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2022

State- and water repellency-controllable molecular glass of pillar[5]arenes with fluoroalkyl groups by guest vapors

Chemical Science
  • Katsuto Onishi
  • Shunsuke Ohtani
  • Kenichi Kato
  • Shixin Fa
  • Yoko Sakata
  • Shigehisa Akine
  • Moe Ogasawara
  • Hitoshi Asakawa
  • Shusaku Nagano
  • Yoshinori Takashima
  • Motohiro Mizuno
  • Tomoki Ogoshi
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Volume
13
Number
14
First page
4082
Last page
4087
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1039/D2SC00828A
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Molecular glasses are low-molecular-weight organic compounds that are stable in the amorphous state at room temperature. Herein, we report a state- and water repellency-controllable molecular glass by n-alkane guest vapors. We observed that a macrocyclic host compound pillar[5]arene with the C2F5 fluoroalkyl groups changes from the crystalline to the amorphous state (molecular glass) by heating above its melting point and then cooling to room temperature. The pillar[5]arene molecular glass shows reversible transitions between amorphous and crystalline states by uptake and release of the n-alkane guest vapors, respectively. Furthermore, the n-alkane guest vapor-induced reversible changes in the water contact angle were also observed: water contact angles increased and then reverted back to the original state by the uptake and release of the n-alkane guest vapors, respectively, along with the changes in the chemical structure and roughness on the surface of the molecular glass. The water repellency of the molecular glass could be controlled by tuning the uptake ratio of the n-alkane guest vapor.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC00828A
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000769613700001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1039/D2SC00828A
  • ISSN : 2041-6520
  • eISSN : 2041-6539
  • ORCID - Put Code : 110666709
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000769613700001

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