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Bicontinuous Gyroid Phase of a Water-Swollen Wedge-Shaped Amphiphile: Studies with In-Situ Grazing-Incidence X-ray Scattering and Atomic Force Microscopy. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14112892. [PMID: 34071178 PMCID: PMC8198821 DOI: 10.3390/ma14112892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We report on formation of a bicontinuous double gyroid phase by a wedge-shaped amphiphilic mesogen, pyridinium 4′-[3″,4″,5″-tris-(octyloxy)benzoyloxy]azobenzene-4-sulfonate. It is found that this compound can self-organize in zeolite-like structures adaptive to environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, solvent vapors). Depending on the type of the phase, the structure contains 1D, 2D, or 3D networks of nanometer-sized ion channels. Of particular interest are bicontinuous phases, such as the double gyroid phase, as they hold promise for applications in separation and energy. Specially designed environmental cells compatible with grazing-incidence X-ray scattering and atomic force microscopy enable simultaneous measurements of structural parameters/morphology during vapor-annealing treatment at different temperatures. Such in-situ approach allows finding the environmental conditions at which the double gyroid phase can be formed and provide insights on the supramolecular structure of thin films at different spatial levels.
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Polymer conformation in supramolecular complexes with wedge-shaped ligands: Exploring the impact of the liquid-crystalline organization. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Grafskaia KN, Anokhin DV, Zimka BI, Izdelieva IA, Zhu X, Ivanov DA. An "on-off" switchable cubic phase with exceptional thermal stability and water sorption capacity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:13217-13220. [PMID: 29171595 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08003d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on the phase behaviour of a wedge-shaped mesogen, which can exist in two different states at room temperature, a stable columnar and a metastable cubic gyroid phase. The latter reveals exceptional stability and remarkable water sorption capacity accounted for by the locally-ordered peripheral alkyl chains.
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- K N Grafskaia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Institutskiy per. 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia.
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Hernandez JJ, Zhang H, Chen Y, Rosenthal M, Lingwood MD, Goswami M, Zhu X, Moeller M, Madsen LA, Ivanov DA. Bottom-Up Fabrication of Nanostructured Bicontinuous and Hexagonal Ion-Conducting Polymer Membranes. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jaime J. Hernandez
- CNRS
UMR 7361, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), 15,
rue Jean Starcky, Mulhouse 68057, France
- Madrid
Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanoscience)
C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Interactive
Materials Research − DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. and Institute
of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- European Synchrotron
Radiation Facility (ESRF), 6 rue Jules
Horowitz, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s College of California, 1928 Saint
Mary’s Road, Moraga, California 94575, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Interactive
Materials Research − DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. and Institute
of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Interactive
Materials Research − DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. and Institute
of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- CNRS
UMR 7361, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), 15,
rue Jean Starcky, Mulhouse 68057, France
- Faculty of
Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-51 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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de Jeu WH, Markkula T, Albrecht K, Ivanov DA, Möller M, Mourran A. Complexing P2VP and P2VP-b-PEO with Wedge-Shaped Amphiphiles. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wim H. de Jeu
- DWI−Leibniz
Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- FOM Institute
AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- DWI−Leibniz
Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- CNRS
UMR 7361, Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), 15,
rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse, France
- Faculty
of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- DWI−Leibniz
Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI−Leibniz
Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Dolgopolov A, Grafskaia KN, Anokhin DV, Demco DE, Zhu X, Ivanov DA, Möller M. Humidity-induced formation of water channels in supramolecular assemblies of wedge-shaped amphiphiles: the effect of the molecular architecture on the channel topology. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:7714-7720. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08087a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Absorption of water by wedge-shaped amphiphilic mesogens results in the formation of nanometer-sized water channels in the supramolecular structure that can have 1D or 2D-shape.
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- A. Dolgopolov
- DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University
- D-52056 Aachen
- Germany
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Dolgoprudny
- Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Dolgoprudny
- Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering
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- DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University
- D-52056 Aachen
- Germany
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- DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University
- D-52056 Aachen
- Germany
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Dolgoprudny
- Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering
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- DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V. and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University
- D-52056 Aachen
- Germany
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Polymerizable wedge-shaped ionic liquid crystals for fabrication of ion-conducting membranes: Impact of the counterion on the phase structure and conductivity. Eur Polym J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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