Molecular nanoribbon gels
Marta Martínez‐Abadía, Rajeev K. Dubey, Mercedes Fernández, Miguel Martín‐Arroyo, Robert Aguirresarobe, Akinori Saeki, Aurelio Mateo‐Alonso
Abstract
Herein, we show that twisted molecular nanoribbons with as many as 322 atoms in the aromatic core are efficient gelators capable of self-assembling into ordered π-gels with morphologies and sol-gel transitions that vary with the length of the nanoribbon. In addition, the nanoribbon gels show a red fluorescence and also pseudoconductivity values in the same range as current state-of-the-art π-gels.
Topics & Concepts
FluorescenceMaterials scienceNanotechnologyChemical physicsCore (optical fiber)Range (aeronautics)ChemistryPhysicsComposite materialOpticsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applications