TY  - JOUR
AU  - Barrio, Jesús del
AU  - Liu, Jingjing
AU  - Brady, Ryan A.
AU  - Tan, Cindy S. Y.
AU  - Chiodini, Stefano
AU  - Ricci, Maria
AU  - Fernández-Leiro, Rafael
AU  - Tsai, Ching-Ju
AU  - Vasileiadi, Panagiota
AU  - Di Michele, Lorenzo
AU  - Lairez, Didier
AU  - Toprakcioglu, Chris
AU  - Scherman, Oren A.
TI  - Emerging Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Cucurbit[8]uril Complexes: From Supramolecular Polymers to Nanofibers
JO  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
VL  - 141
IS  - 36
SN  - 1520-5126
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - American Chemical Society
M1  - FZJ-2020-03099
SP  - 14021 - 14025
PY  - 2019
AB  - The binding of imidazolium salts to cucurbit[8]uril, CB[8], triggers a stepwise self-assembly process with semiflexible polymer chains and crystalline nanostructures as early- and late-stage species, respectively. In such a process, which involves the crystallization of the host–guest complexes, the guest plays a critical role in directing self-assembly toward desirable morphologies. These include platelet-like aggregates and two-dimensional (2D) fibers, which, moreover, exhibit viscoelastic and lyotropic properties. Our observations provide a deeper understanding of the self-assembly of CB[8] complexes, with fundamental implications in the design of functional 2D systems and crystalline materials.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31422657
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000486361800002
DO  - DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b07506
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884104
ER  -