Influence of solvent on the thermal stability and organization of self-assembling fibrillar networks in methyl-4,6-O-(p-nitrobenzylidene)-α-d-glucopyranoside gels

Sugar based low-molecular-mass organogelator (LMOG) methyl-4,6-O-(p-nitrobenzylidene)-α-d-glucopyranoside, is a unique gelator because its small and weakly-interacting molecules can form large supramolecular structures in nonpolar, but also in polar, solvents and cause their gelation. The self-assembling properties of the gelator were studied in selected nonpolar and polar solvents. It was shown that the driving forces for both types of solvent are the intermolecular hydrogen bond interaction. The effect of the nature of the solvent on the thermal stability of the gels and on the three-dimensional network organization was determined. Different solvent parameters, such as dielectric constant, one-component solubility parameter, the polarity parameter and the Kamlet-Taft parameters were considered to quantify solvent effects on the gelation. Some correlation between these parameters and the gel stability, microstructure and the enthalpy of the phase transition were established. The effort to correlate the Kamlet-Taft parameters to the thermal stability and gelation ability is also possible but applies only to the studied gelator.     

具有选择性胶凝能力的小分子胶凝剂研究进展

不相溶混合溶剂的选择性胶凝对于溶剂纯化和分离,特别是溢油处理和水体净化具有十分重要的意义。 具有选择性胶凝能力的胶凝剂可以是高分子、微纳米颗粒和小分子胶凝剂。 然而,相对于高分子和微纳米颗粒材料,以小分子化合物为胶凝剂的凝胶往往具有凝胶 溶胶相变可逆性,这种可逆性无疑会对凝胶体系的实际应用带来额外的好处。 基于这些考虑,本文按照胶凝剂分子的结构,分类介绍此类小分子胶凝剂研究进展,并展望了相关研究的前景和可能应用。     

基于四联苯臂星型小分子凝胶剂的TNT薄膜荧光传感器

基于具有三苯胺中心核、咔唑外围和四联苯连接臂的星型荧光小分子三(4″″-(3, 6-二叔丁基-咔唑-9氢-9-基)-(1, 1': 4', 1″':4″', 1?:4?, 1″″-四苯基)-4-基)胺(N5), 采用溶液旋涂的方法制备了用于检测三硝基甲苯(TNT)饱和蒸汽的高效荧光传感薄膜。 不同于具有单苯连接臂的模型化合物三(4'-(3, 6-二叔丁基-咔唑-9氢-9-基)-(1, 1'-二苯基)-4-基)胺(N2), N5由于长共轭臂的存在, 容易在苯类溶剂中通过π-π相互作用组装形成凝胶。 同时, 其旋涂薄膜具有细小纳米级纤维状的组装形貌, 表面出现一定的多孔结构, 有利于气体分子的渗透。 因此, 应用于TNT蒸汽的检测, 化合物N5薄膜表现出比N2薄膜更快的荧光淬灭响应速度和更高的淬灭效率。 特别是TNT传感特性几乎不受化合物N5膜厚的影响, 当膜厚为94 nm时, 在1和30 min的淬灭程度仍然可以达到44%和90%。     

一种含芘葡萄糖衍生物的合成及其胶凝行为

合成并表征了一种荧光活性小分子胶凝剂——芘磺酰基-丙二胺-葡萄糖(PSDAPG), 考察了其在36种常见溶剂中的胶凝行为. 结果发现, PSDAPG可使其中16种溶剂胶凝. 对癸醇, PSDAPG表现出罕见的超级胶凝能力, 室温下最低胶凝浓度(MGC)达7.0×10-4 g·mL-1. 此外, PSDAPG还是一种既可胶凝水又可胶凝有机溶剂的双性胶凝剂. 扫描电镜(SEM)、傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振(1HNMR)和荧光光谱研究表明,在不同溶剂中, PSDAPG具有不同的聚集结构, 除了芘基之间的疏水π-π堆积作用外, 氢键作用是PSDAPG自发形成三维网络结构的重要驱动力. 实验研究还表明, 溶液态和凝胶态的PSDAPG荧光光谱均同时呈现芘的单体荧光和激基缔合物荧光光谱特征, 但两者的光谱形貌差异显著. 随凝胶的形成, 体系单体荧光发射增强, 激基缔合物荧光发射减弱,表明形成的三维网络结构阻碍了PSDAPG中芘单元的运动性, 使得以Birks途径形成激基缔合物的效率降低.     

Tuning the thermotropic and lyotropic properties of liquid-crystalline terpyridine ligands

A rational synthetic strategy is developed to provide compact and simple terpyridine (terpy) mesogens that show liquid-crystallinity both as pure compounds and in organic solution (amphotropic compound). The use of a central 4-methyl-3,5-diacylaminophenyl platform equipped with two lateral aromatic rings, each bearing three appended aliphatic chains, allows connection of a 2,2':6',2'-terpyridine fragment through a polar group such as an ester, amide, or flat conjugated alkyne linker. For the T(12)ester and T(12)amide scaffolds, the mesophase is best described as a lamellar phase, in which the molecules self-assemble into columnar stacks held together in layers. In the T(12)amide case, the additional amide link results in significant stabilization of the lamellar phase. The driving forces for the appearance of columnar ordering are the hydrogen-bonding interactions of the amide groups, which induce head-to-tail pi-stacking of the terpy subunits. Replacing the polar linker by a nonpolarized but linear alkyne spacer, as in the T(12)ethynyl compound, provides a columnar mesophase organized in a rectangular lattice of p2gg symmetry. In this arrangement, two nondiscotic molecules arranged into dimers by hydrogen bonding and pi-pi stacking pile up in a head-to-tail manner to form columns. In addition, the T(12)amide compound proves to be an excellent gelator of cyclohexane, linear alkanes, and DMSO. The resulting robust and transparent gels are birefringent and formed by large aggregates that are readily aligned by shear-flow. TEM and freeze-fracture microscopy reveal that the gels have an original layered morphology made of fibers.     

Phase selective amphiphilic supergelators for oil spill solidification and dye removal

Four glucose-based phase selective organogelators were designed and synthesized from low-cost and readily available starting materials. Our rapid acting supergelators were able to gelate a wide spectrum of solvents in mono- or biphasic systems, at very low concentration. They were shown to solidify oil spills at room temperature, in the form of a semi-dried gel, within 90 min. It was also revealed that their n-butanol gel could effectively absorb pollutant dyes from aqueous media. As novel smart materials, these gelators are potentially applicable to remove contaminants including aromatic solvents, oil spills, and toxic dyes from water resources. The gelators have been well characterized using spectroscopic, microscopic, and rheological studies.     

含磷小分子有机胶凝剂的合成及其胶凝行为研究

将对苯二酚双磷酸酯与胆固醇、甘氨酸胆固醇酯以及氯甲酸胆固醇酯的乙二胺反应产物反应得到了3种含磷双胆固醇衍生物(分别记作 1, 2, 3), 考察了这些化合物对35种常见溶剂的胶凝能力. 发现1仅可使CHCl₃部分胶凝, 3除了可使正戊烷部分胶凝外, 还可使正己烷到正癸烷6种烷烃胶凝, 结构介于1和3之间的2则既可胶凝醇类溶剂(正戊醇到正癸醇), 又可胶凝烷烃类溶剂(正戊烷到正癸烷、环己烷), 呈现出对质子性溶剂和非质子性溶剂的双性胶凝能力. 结合凝胶形貌的扫描电镜分析结果, 可以认为胶凝剂结构上的微小变化会导致其在胶凝能力和聚集体形貌上的巨大差异. 利用红外光谱、X射线衍射等手段进一步探讨了胶凝剂分子在凝胶中的堆积方式和彼此之间的相互作用本质.     

Dynamic light scattering and small-angle neutron scattering studies on organogels formed with a gelator

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and light scattering studies were carried out on an organogel consisting of a gelator, coded P-1, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The gelator was made of an oligosiloxane stem and about eight branches of an amino acid derivative combined with a long alkyl chain. The amino acid part, N-n-pentanoyl-L -isoleucylaminooctadecane, was responsible for intermolecular association via hydrogen bonding between amide groups. After the complete dissolution of P-1 in DMSO at 85 °C, the solution was cooled, and the variations of the scattered light intensity were monitored as a function of the temperature. The scattered intensity increased drastically at about 40 °C when the P-1 concentration (C) was 3.5 g/L, and this indicated gel formation. The SANS results showed that the scattering intensity function was a monotonically decreasing function, regardless of C. A master relationship of the scattering intensity was obtained with respect to C. These scattering studies disclosed the following facts. First, gelation could be monitored as an abrupt increase in the intensity. Second, the gel was composed of randomly oriented bundlelike clusters. Third, the structure factor could be reduced by the gelator concentration, and this indicated the presence of a self-similar structure across the gelation threshold. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 1841–1848, 2004     

反应型二烷基脲凝胶剂及有机溶剂的室温凝胶化研究

通常制备有机分子凝胶是在高温下溶解凝胶剂,凝胶剂分子在冷却过程中进行自组装并使有机溶剂凝胶化。该方法限制了某些低沸点溶剂的凝胶化。利用甲苯二异氰酸酯与烷基胺的高反应活性,制备了三种不同烷基链长的反应型凝胶剂甲苯–2, 4–二（N, N’ –烷基）脲。这种反应型凝胶剂能以较低的浓度在室温下使某些芳香族和卤代烃溶剂中形成热可逆的有机分子凝胶。不同烷基链长的亲溶剂作用以及溶剂性质对有机分子凝胶的形成有较大影响。场发射扫描电镜表明这种反应型凝胶剂在有机溶剂中自组装形成纤维状三维网络结构。烷基链长度不同,形成的纤维状聚集体的形态也不同。红外光谱（FT-IR）和核磁共振波谱（1H-NMR）研究表明分子间氢键作用是这种凝胶剂自组装的驱动力。通过X射线衍射（XRD）和分子模拟推测了其聚集体的结构形态。     

新型刺激响应性纤维素基含能凝胶的流变性能

研究了以不同基团含量的羧甲基纤维素硝酸酯(CMCN)为胶凝剂的含能凝胶细微结构与流变行为的关系.探讨了凝胶的形成机理,并采用线性的流变学方法研究了凝胶的屈服性、触变性、蠕变性及温敏性等动态黏弹性质,分别利用Herschel-Bulkley模型、Burger模型及Carreau-Yasuda模型对凝胶的流动曲线、蠕变曲线和频率曲线进行了数据拟合.研究发现,CMCN凝胶是由其分子结构上两亲性基团通过分子链间氢键及疏水键等非共价键相互作用形成的一种结构均匀的物理交联网络型凝胶.凝胶的非牛顿系数n均小于0.5.随着亲水性羧酸基团含量的增加,凝胶的屈服应力逐渐增大,触变恢复性逐渐增强,弹性与黏性柔量均减小,但其比值增加,蠕变的黏性响应性逐渐减弱而弹性响应性逐渐增强.凝胶的温敏性变化有一个力学松弛转变区,随着羧酸基团含量的增加,松弛转变区愈发明显,凝胶的温敏性也逐渐增强.