Issue 11, 2011
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Chemical Communications

New strategy for controlling the oligothiophene aggregation mode utilizing the gel-to-sol phase transition induced by crown-alkali metal interactions†‡

Adam A. Sobczuk,a   Shun-ichi Tamarua  and  Seiji Shinkai*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Nano-science, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan

b Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT) Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0385, Japan
E-mail: shinkai_center@mail.cstm.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Abstract

A new functional low molecular-weight gelator (LMWG) based on crown-appended quaterthiophene was synthesized and investigated as a new alkali metal cation responsive material with enhanced fluorescence emission upon gel-to-sol phase transition.

Graphical abstract: New strategy for controlling the oligothiophene aggregation mode utilizing the gel-to-sol phase transition induced by crown-alkali metal interactions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC00026H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Jan 2011
Accepted
24 Jan 2011
First published
09 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 3093-3095

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New strategy for controlling the oligothiophene aggregation mode utilizing the gel-to-sol phase transition induced by crown-alkali metal interactions

A. A. Sobczuk, S. Tamaru and S. Shinkai, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3093 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC00026H

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