超分子组装体激发态手性的响应性

圆偏振发光主要是指手性发光体系激发态的性质。由于其在信息加密、高分辨3D显示和智能传感器等领域的潜在应用而备受关注。圆偏振光除了可以通过物理方法获得,即使用线偏振片和四分之一波片的组合,还可以直接从具有光致发光或电致发光性质的手性材料中获得。目前研究者们已经开发了多种圆偏振发光材料,主要包括手性有机分子、手性金属配合物等小分子发光体系以及手性超分子组装体等复合体系。通过将手性组分与响应性功能基团结合而构筑的响应性自组装发光体系对实现智能圆偏振发光材料的发展起着重要作用。在这篇文章里,我们对手性超分子自组装发光体系对各种外界刺激的响应性能进行了总结和归纳,如光照、pH值、溶剂、温度、金属离子等。本综述通过对各种外部刺激对手性组装体激发态性能影响的总结和讨论,旨在进一步推动智能圆偏振发光材料在多学科领域的应用。     

超分子凝胶的手性功能应用:手性分子识别与不对称催化

超分子凝胶通过形成三维空间网络结构将溶剂液体相固定化,是一类重要的软物质材料。由于超分子凝胶能快速形成,自组装形成的纳米结构均一、可调,且可大规模制备,因此成为超分子化学、纳米技术以及材料科学研究的重要研究方向之一,并在诸多领域得到广泛的功能研究和应用拓展,如在材料模板、光电开关、药物释放、分子识别和超分子催化等方面已有大量研究报道。由于超分子凝胶具有固-液相可逆转变、可控组装等特性,成为了超分子手性和分子手性研究的重要载体。近年来超分子凝胶在超分子手性催化、手性分子识别等方面取得了一系列重要突破,为超分子凝胶功能应用开辟了新的空间,为手性科学研究提供了新的手段和方法。     

手性超分子组装研究进展

介绍了超分子手性的基本构筑方式及其特点,分别从手性分子组装、手性分子诱导非手性分子及非手性分子组装等3个方面对最近几年来在手性超分子组装领域内的重要成果及最新进展进行了综述,并对这一领域的发展前景作了展望。     

手性杯芳烃及其超分子手性

杯芳烃是由苯酚单元通过亚甲基连接而成的空腔型分子,具有衍生位点多,构象丰富等特点,被称为第三代主体分子。在分子层次,依手性因素的结构特点不同,可将手性杯芳烃分为具有手性亚单元的杯芳烃、固有手性杯芳烃和桥手性杯芳烃。在超分子层次,杯芳烃自身或杯芳烃与其他分子或离子在溶液中、晶态中或二维表面可通过非共价键力形成多种拓扑结构的纳米手性聚集体。研究手性杯芳烃和基于杯芳烃的超分子手性组装体的合成、结构和性能,不仅在理解手性起源、手性结构等方面具有理论意义,而且有望获得以分子识别为基础的手性传感器、手性催化剂、手性分离材料、手性载体和手性纳米材料。本文综述近十年来有代表性的分子手性杯芳烃和以杯芳烃为组分的超分子手性聚集体的设计、合成、结构和功能。着重展示杯芳烃骨架在形成新颖分子手性和超分子手性上的优势,以及杯芳烃单元在实现特定功能如手性识别时发挥的作用。相信随着杯芳烃合成技术和杯芳烃超分子设计的发展,必将进一步发挥杯芳烃的结构优势,涌现出更多性能优异的手性杯芳烃功能分子和超分子手性杯芳烃功能材料。     

多肽超分子手性自组装与应用

多肽分子作为一类重要的生物手性小分子,能够通过分子自组装形成包括纳米螺旋、纳米管、手性凝胶等在内的有着独特生物效应和光学活性的手性纳米材料。这类材料具有易于功能化修饰的优点,在化学、生物、医药、材料科学等领域有着广泛应用,成功对多肽手性自组装结构进行精准多级调控,是进一步实现其功能化应用的基础。本文重点介绍了多肽分子氨基酸序列组成与构型等内部因素,以及溶液pH、溶剂、添加剂等外界因素对多肽分子手性自组装行为的影响,并归纳得出其关键作用机制;同时,还介绍了多肽手性自组装材料在手性催化、手性检测、模板合成、手性光学等领域的应用。     

基于芳香分子-糖类手性超分子组装体及功能

手性超分子组装体广泛存在于自然界中,因其在材料、化学和生物学等领域广阔的应用前景,引起了科学家们极大的兴趣。其中以糖类分子作为手性源,经分子自组装构筑手性超分子组装体的研究已成为超分子化学领域的研究热点之一。本文综述了基于糖类修饰的苝酰亚胺分子、偶氮苯分子、联苯类分子和卟啉类分子等芳香分子化合物经自组装构筑的手性超分子组装体,介绍了其在有机溶剂和水的混合溶剂、水中的凝胶性质,超分子手性特征和功能,糖分子类型与超分子组装体手性间的关系等,并对基于糖类的手性超分子组装体的前景进行了展望。     

超分子组装体在催化领域中的应用

超分子组装体的各组分规整排列、高比表面积等微纳米结构特点使其在催化应用领域中显示出独特的催化性能,成为当前研究的一个热点。本文将超分子组装体按照空间维度分为四类,对不同维度的超分子组装体在催化领域中的应用研究进行了简要综述;依据不同维度下组装体的结构特点,分别探讨了其催化机制以及应用优势,并对其今后的发展方向作了进一步的展望。     

环糊精超分子组装体与核酸的相互作用

环糊精是一类由6～8个D-型葡萄糖连接而成的环聚多糖分子,目前已广泛应用于化学和生物学的许多领域.综述了一些生物活性的环糊精超分子组装体,如环糊精假聚轮烷、环糊精/金纳米粒子组装体、环糊精/富勒烯组装体、环糊精/碳纳米管组装体等的构筑及其与核酸的相互作用,如对核酸的切割、凝聚、传递作用和对核酸酶的抑制作用等方面的研究进展.     

基于L/D-赖氨酸盐酸盐和光活化AIE分子共组装实现圆偏振发光及动态调控

近年来, 基于分子组装产生圆偏振发光(CPL)的有机手性材料得到了迅猛的发展. 然而, 目前有机材料体系的CPL信号整体仍然较弱, 且缺乏精准的调控手段. 为此, 本工作以具有光活性的聚集诱导荧光增强(AIE)性质的多硫苯基化合物(M-1)为荧光染料, 以手性氨基酸L/D-赖氨酸盐酸盐(L/D-Lys)为手性模板, 通过分子间氢键作用, 在N,N-二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)/H₂O的混合溶剂中形成超分子L/D-Lys@M-1共组装体. 共组装体在不良溶剂水的溶剂作用下诱导产生CPL, 且在紫外光激发下具有自聚集效应, 产生持续增强的荧光发射和圆二色(CD)信号. 通过荧光光谱、紫外吸收光谱和动态光散射(DLS)对组装体在光激发下的结构和光物理性质进行表征, 利用CD光谱以及CPL光谱等对基态和激发态手性性质进行研究. 结果表明, 在溶剂诱导和光激发下实现了L/D-Lys@M-1组装体的手性传递和放大, 且不对称因子(|g_lum|)达到了0.3×10^-2. 该研究策略为非手性的荧光分子构建CPL体系及动态调控提供了策略.     

Co-Assembly of Chiral Amines and a Four-Armed Cyano-Substituted Luminophore through Hydrogen Bonds for Potential Development of Smart Chiroptical Materials

Chirality transfer from chiral molecules to assemblies is of vital importance to the design of functional chiral materials. In this work, selective co-assembly behaviors between chiral molecules and an achiral luminophore, potentially driven by the intermolecular salt-bridge type hydrogen bonds are reported. Cyano-substituted tetrakis(arylthio)benzene carboxylic acid ( TA ) served as the luminophore and hydrogen bond donors, which underwent co-assembly with different chiral amines. It was found that structures of chiral amines affect the chirality transfer and the properties of co-assemblies due to effects on hydrogen bonds and stacking pattern. Only in specific co-assemblies, the chiroptical properties occurred at both ground state and excited states based on the emerged Cotton effects and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) signals, revealing that the chirality was successfully transferred from molecular level to supramolecular level. In addition, accurate quantitative examination of chiral amines was realized by circular dichroism (CD) spectra. This work demonstrates the characteristic chirality response and transfer through co-assembly, providing a potential method to develop smart chiroptical materials.     

Discriminating Chiral Supramolecular Motions by Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Molecular motions are closely associated with the behaviors and properties of organic materials. However, monitoring molecular motions is challenging. Herein, a chiral supramolecular system consisting of L-/D-phenylalanine (LPF/DPF) as a chiral inducer and an achiral tetraphenylethene derivative (TPEF) as a molecular rotor has been proposed and explored for real-time discriminating the supramolecular motions by the visualization of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) signal variations. Derived from the ordered molecular motions of TPEF induced by LPF/DPF, highly organized aggregates have been progressively assembled in a controlled manner with differentiated morphologies, including spherical particles, one-dimensional fibers, and floor-shaped supercrystals. Notably, increasing level of ordered aggregates, in turn, led to quenching emissions, while the CPL signals have been dramatically amplified accompanying by a sharp enhancement of luminescence dissymmetry factors (g_lum) from nearly 0 to −0.1. The significant amplification of CPL is attributed to the ordered aggregates of supramolecules, leading to the decrease of electric transition dipole moments in supramolecular system. As a result of the chiral supramolecular motions powered by supramolecular crystallization, the supramolecular motions are conveniently discriminated by visual CPL signal variation with an enhancement of g_lum value from 0 to −0.1 in real time.     

手性有机光电功能材料及其圆偏振光发射与探测

手性有机半导体由于其新颖的性质引起了有机光电领域极大的研究兴趣. 将手性引入有机半导体材料不仅可以调控聚集态结构影响载流子输运进而影响光电器件的性能, 而且催生了圆偏振光直接发射与探测材料与器件的产生与发展. 手性材料与圆偏振光之间的相互作用使得其在3D显示、量子通讯、信息存储与处理等领域展示出广泛的应用前景. 本综述总结近年来手性有机光电材料及器件的研究进展, 主要围绕手性对有机半导体材料性质与器件性能的影响展开, 聚焦于手性有机半导体的圆偏振光直接发射与探测等研究, 旨在进一步为手性有机光电子领域的发展提供系统的认识.     

Precise Macroscopic Supramolecular Assemblies: Strategies and Applications

Macroscopic supramolecular assembly (MSA) is a new concept in supramolecular science with a focus on interfacial assembly of macroscopic building blocks, which has largely extended the applicable materials of supramolecular assembly and provided new solutions to fabricating tissue scaffolds, soft devices, etc. The precision of the assembled structures is of great interest; unlike molecular assemblies, MSA precision is highly dependent on the matching degree of assembled surfaces because of the large interactive area and group number, which result in remarkably increased kinetic possibilities and metastable assemblies. This Concept introduces the principle, history, and development of MSA, elaborates the low-precision challenge in MSA, summarizes the strategies for precise MSA based on the different thermodynamic stability of precise/imprecise structures and control over assembly kinetics, and finally demonstrates the applications of precise MSA structures in advanced manufacture such as tissue scaffolds.     

Dual Upconverted and Downconverted Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Donor–Acceptor Assemblies

Through mimicking both the chiral and energy transfer in an artificial self‐assembled system, not only was chiral transfer realized but also a dual upconverted and downconverted energy transfer system was created that emit circularly polarized luminescence. The individual chiral π‐gelator can self‐assemble into a nanofiber exhibiting supramolecular chirality and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). In the presence of an achiral sensitizer Pd^II octaethylporphyrin derivative, both chirality transfer from chiral gelator to achiral sensitizer and triplet‐triplet energy transfer from excited sensitizer to chiral gelator could be realized. Upconverted CPL could be observed through a triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA‐UC), while downconverted CPL could be obtained from chirality‐transfer‐induced emission of the achiral sensitizer. The interplay between chiral energy acceptor and achiral sensitizer promoted the communication of chiral and excited energy information.     

Circularly Polarized Light Triggers Biosensing Based on Chiral Assemblies

Chiral assemblies have attracted great interest because of their many potential applications, such as in chiral sensing, asymmetric catalysis, and optical devices. Here, by using specific DNAzymes, a chiral core–satellite assembly consisting of a DNAzyme-driven spiny nanorod dimer core and upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) satellite was constructed. The chirality of this assembly originates from the geometry chirality. This chiral assembly can be used as a photothermally activated probe for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes in living cells. Under illumination with 980 nm left circularly polarized (LCP) light, this probe was used to quantify and visualize intracellular metal ions.