刺激响应型超分子凝胶

随着超分子化学的日益发展,刺激响应型超分子凝胶作为一种超分子材料受到人们广泛关注。超分子凝胶是由非共价键作用力自组装而成,基于这一特性,当超分子凝胶受到外界刺激（如温度、光、pH、化学物质、机械力等）时,该凝胶能够产生响应,如溶胶-凝胶转化、颜色变化或荧光变化等。刺激响应型超分子凝胶在离子识别材料、自修复材料、生物材料等领域展现出了非常好的应用前景。本文综述了近五年来刺激响应型超分子凝胶的研究进展,并根据刺激种类的不同,将超分子凝胶分为以下几类：热敏感型超分子凝胶、化学物质和pH响应型超分子凝胶、光敏感型超分子凝胶、氧化还原响应型超分子凝胶、机械力刺激响应型超分子凝胶和多重刺激响应型超分子凝胶。本文根据上述分类对超分子凝胶进行了介绍,同时对该研究领域作了展望。     

刺激响应型树状分子凝胶的研究进展※

近年来, 刺激响应型超分子凝胶作为一类智能软物质材料, 在离子识别材料、自修复材料、生物材料和药物缓释等领域展现出了非常好的应用前景, 受到人们广泛关注. 树状分子是一类具有高度支化结构的大分子, 其形成的凝胶兼具有机小分子凝胶和聚合物凝胶的双重优点, 树状分子丰富的多层次支化几何结构有利于修饰不同功能基团, 从而确保各功能基团彼此独立作用而不相互干扰, 这种特性使其在构筑多功能化凝胶材料, 尤其是多重环境刺激响应型凝胶材料方面具有独特优势. 基于此, 本综述从树状分子凝胶因子设计、成凝胶机理、响应性能和响应机理等方面详细归纳了刺激响应型树状分子凝胶的研究进展. 按照刺激源不同, 主要从光响应型、氧化还原响应型、离子响应型、触变响应型和多重响应型五个方面对刺激响应树状分子凝胶进行了系统归纳总结. 最后, 基于目前刺激响应树状分子凝胶存在的一些问题对该领域未来发展进行了展望.     

刺激响应型有机小分子凝胶的研究进展

智能型凝胶是近年来有机小分子凝胶的研究重点, 其中刺激响应型有机小分子智能凝胶对外界微小的物理、化学刺激, 如温度、光、pH、离子强度或电场等能够感知并在响应过程中有显著的响应行为性. 较系统地综述了刺激响应型有机小分子智能凝胶的结构特点和近年来的研究进展, 并展望了该类有机小分子智能凝胶的应用前景.     

超分子凝胶中的光化学反应

超分子凝胶中的光化学反应是比较特殊的一类反应,通常是将具有光响应活性的基团或分子引入到超分子凝胶的自组装体系中,因此,能够将超分子凝胶独特的性质与光化学反应的优势有效地结合起来,构筑新型的光功能材料,这使得此类超分子凝胶在光信息存储、光开关及光转换器件等前沿领域具有广阔的应用前景.本文主要总结近年来国内外包括作者课题组对超分子凝胶中光化学反应方面的研究进展,以及其在多重响应凝胶、手性光学开关以及手性合成方面的应用.     

光响应超分子聚合物

超分子聚合物是超分子化学、高分子化学和材料化学领域的研究热点.将光响应的功能基团以非共价作用构筑到超分子聚合物体系中,得到光响应型超分子聚合物,从而能够将超分子聚合物的独特性质与光化学反应的优势有效地结合起来,从而构筑新型的光功能材料.本文总结了近年来本课题组有关光响应超分子聚合物方面的研究工作:介绍了主链型的光响应超分子聚合物的光调控组装和解离,超分子聚合物和共价聚合物的光控可逆切换和光调控组装形貌;另外还举例介绍了具有自修复和室温磷光发射等功能的侧链型光响应超分子聚合物,并对刺激-响应的超分子聚合物领域的发展做了展望.     

光响应性微凝胶的分子设计和智能材料构筑

微凝胶能够在外界刺激下改变自身尺寸,是一类重要的智能材料构筑基元。光刺激具有可远程控制、能快速切换等特点,在刺激响应性材料的设计中受到了广泛关注。将光刺激响应性基元引入到微凝胶体系,可以得到一系列具有重要应用前景的智能材料。本文综述了近年来光响应微凝胶的研究进展,总结了赋予微凝胶光响应性的四种分子设计,包括光致异构化型、光致生热型、光致(解)交联型、光致生酸型;介绍了光响应微凝胶在调光材料、药物控释、信息显示和自修复凝胶等领域的应用;展望了该领域的研究方向、发展和应用前景。     

气态酸和有机胺响应的超分子凝胶

超分子凝胶是由有机分子在非共价键作用力驱动下自组装形成的一种具有液态和固态双重性质的软物质。超分子凝胶能对多种外界刺激做出响应,广泛应用于催化和传感等领域。与传统的小分子探针相比,超分子凝胶传感器显示出了多种检测模式和多信号输出的优点,如超分子凝胶材料的内部三维网络结构和较大的接触面积有利于分析物的快速渗透,并且其凝胶状态的变化可以作为检测过程中的输出信号。此外,干凝胶薄膜材料还具有三维网络结构,在检测气体分析物方面表现出优异的检测性能。本文重点介绍了超分子凝胶在气态酸和有机胺检测中的应用以及相关超分子凝胶的设计和检测机理,为构建用于气态酸和有机胺检测的新型超分子凝胶提供了参考。最后总结了超分子凝胶在气态酸和有机胺检测中存在的问题及应用前景。     

环境响应的智能小分子有机凝胶材料

小分子有机凝胶(low molecule organogel,LMOG)是近年来逐渐发展起来的一类新型自组装材料,随着研究的深入,LMOG的功能化特别是对环境有智能响应的凝胶体系引起人们极大的研究兴趣。本文综述了4类智能响应的凝胶体系的研究进展,即: 光响应小分子凝胶体系,主要是凝胶因子内含有偶氮苯、二芳乙烯等光致变色基团;电化学响应小分子凝胶体系,主要是凝胶因子内含有四硫富瓦烯等电化学响应基团;离子(分子)响应的小分子凝胶体系,通过凝胶和客体离子(分子)间通过电荷转移或结构形变等形式实现响应;超声波响应小分子凝胶体系,在超声波外力的存在下,使分子结构以有利于形成分子间氢键的形式存在,从而形成稳定凝胶。     

智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系及其应用

药物控释体系可改善药物分子在机体内的释放、吸收、代谢和排泄过程,显著提高药物利用率并减弱药物的毒副作用。智能响应型水凝胶凭借其刺激响应性、亲水性和无毒性在药物控释方面得到了广泛的关注。本文介绍了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系的概念、机理和应用,详细归纳了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系的研究进展。按照刺激源不同将智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系分为pH响应型、温度响应型、光响应型、生物分子(如葡萄糖、酶)响应型、外场(如电场、磁场)响应型、压力响应型、氧化还原响应型及多重响应型水凝胶药物控释体系。进一步介绍了智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系在治疗癌症、急性肾损伤、眼病、糖尿病等疾病及抗菌、防止伤口感染等方面的应用。最后,基于目前智能响应型水凝胶药物控释体系存在的一些问题(如生物相容性差、存在突释或滞释现象、不可降解等)对其发展做出了展望。     

多重环境刺激响应性聚苄醚型树状分子凝胶制备及性能研究

环境刺激响应性超分子凝胶材料在传感器、光开关、人工触角、药物缓释等领域表现出潜在的应用前景。本文设计合成了一种新型的核心含偶氮苯官能团聚苄醚型树枝状分子凝胶因子CA-G2。成胶性能测试表明,该凝胶因子在23种有机溶剂和混合溶剂中均可以形成稳定的淡黄色凝胶,其中在苯中表现出最优的成凝胶性能,临界成胶浓度(CGC)可达2.0mg/mL(0.23(wt)%),相当于一个树枝状分子可以固定1.5×10⁴个溶剂分子,表明该凝胶因子具有非常优异的成凝胶性能。并且,该类凝胶材料能够同时对热、超声和触变等外界环境刺激产生响应,并伴随着宏观上凝胶-溶胶的相互转变。此外,该类凝胶对罗丹明B染料分子具有优异的吸附性能,吸附效率高达96.7%。     

一种基于胆固醇的荧光小分子胶凝剂的合成及其胶凝行为

合成并表征了一种含7-硝基苯并-2-氧杂-1,3-二唑基(7-Nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)的胆固醇衍生物(NBD-C), 考察了其在30种溶剂中的胶凝行为. 实验结果表明, NBD-C对乙腈具有很强的胶凝作用, 且该凝胶体系具有显著的剪切触变性. 对干凝胶的显微分析发现, 在不同溶剂中, NBD-C具有不同的聚集结构. 红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振光谱(¹H NMR)和荧光光谱研究结果表明, 除了胆固醇的范德华堆积作用之外, 分子间氢键作用也是该化合物聚集的重要驱动力.     

Supramolecular Organogels Based on Dendrons and Dendrimers

Dendrons and dendrimers have well‐defined, discrete structures that can be precisely controlled at the molecular lever. Owing to their unique architectures and multiple functionalities, dendritic molecules have shown intensive self‐assembly behavior and functional performance. In particular, they have been shown to be promising candidates for applications in the assembly of gel‐phase materials. Furthermore, the introduction of suitable functional moieties into the core, the branches, and/or the periphery of the dendritic gelators enables the construction of smart and functional supramolecular gel materials. Over the past decade, a number of dendritic organogelators that are based on poly(amino acid), poly(amide), and poly(aryl ether) dendrons, or together with multiple alkyl chains on the periphery, have been reported. This review describes the important developments in dendritic organogelators, with an emphasis on new strategies for the molecular design of dendritic gelators, understanding of driving forces for gel formation, and their evolution for potential applications in smart soft materials.     

基于含POSS-dendrimer超强液晶凝胶的柔性可拉伸液晶光散射显示器

利用凝胶因子自组装可赋予凝胶网络形状、强度等的特性,设计制备了多面体齐聚倍半硅氧烷(POSS)核有机无机杂化dendrimer(POSS-G1-BOC)凝胶因子并将其引入到液晶客体分子中,获得了兼具力学性能与响应特性的超分子液晶凝胶.在系统研究该液晶凝胶的凝胶行为、响应特性、表面形貌、组装机理及力学性质的基础之上,制备了基于透明柔性可拉伸导电薄膜(PU/Ag NWs)的三明治结构液晶光散射显示器件.该器件在低电压(10 V,DC)驱动下即可实现较高对比度的显示效果,不仅可以在弯曲至曲率为0.14 cm-1的条件下使用,而且在拉伸至原始长度的120%时,仍可保持自身的电控响应特性,有望将其广泛应用于可穿戴设备、智能响应性材料等领域.     

Progress of 3-aminopyridine-based amide,urea, imine and azo derivatives in supramolecular gelation

Supramolecular gels derived from low molecular weight gelators are considered to be fascinating soft and smart materials. Gelators of this class form gel networks involving noncovalent interactions and show various applications in many areas. The structural softness and the arrangement of the gelator molecules in the aggregated state have the collaborative effect to intensify the properties of the molecules for their potential applications in material chemistry. Of the various properties, stimulus responsibility is a desired property of supramolecular gel that finds profound application in sensing. In this review, a comprehensive summary of the work on 3-aminopyridine-based amide, urea, imine and azo gelators of different architectures indicating their different uses in supramolecular chemistry has been focused.     

Creation of polynucleotide-assisted molecular assemblies in organic solvents: general strategy toward the creation of artificial DNA-like nanoarchitectures

The influence of added polynucleotide on the gelation ability of nucleobase-appended organogelators was investigated. Uracil-appended cholesterol gelator formed a stable organogel in polar organic solvents such as n-butanol. It was found that the addition of the complementary polyadenylic acid (poly(A)) not only stabilizes the gel but also creates the helical structure in the original gel phase. Thymidine and thymine-appended gelators can form stable gel in apolar solvents, such as benzene, where poly(A)-lipid complex can act as a complementary template for the gelator molecules to create the fibrous composites. Based on these findings, we can conclude that self-assembling modes and gelation properties of nucleobase-appended organogelators are controllable by the addition of their complementary polynucleotide in organic solvents. We believe, therefore, that the present system can open the new paths to accelerate development of well-controlled one-dimensional molecular assembly systems, which would be indispensable for the creation of novel nanomaterials based on organic compounds.     

Switch from intra- to intermolecular H-bonds by ultrasound: induced gelation and distinct nanoscale morphologies

During cooling of the ( R)-N-Fmoc-Octylglycine (Fmoc-OG)/cyclohexane solution, gelation is observed exclusively when ultrasound is used as an external stimulus, while deposit is obtained without sonication. The xerogel consists of entangled fibrous network made by interconnected nanofibers, while the deposit comprises large numbers of unbranched nanowires. It is found that the Fmoc-OG molecules form bilayer structures in both the deposit and the gel. However, the ratio ( R) between the Fmoc-OG molecules in a stable intramolecular H-bonding conformation and those in a metastable intermolecular H-bonding conformation can be tuned by the ultrasound, R (deposit) > R (gel). The increased population of the intermolecular H-bonding Fmoc-OG molecules induced by the ultrasonication facilitates to the interconnection of nanofibers for the formation of the fibrous network, and therefore gelation. The alteration in the morphologies and properties of the obtained nanomaterials induced by the ultrasound wave demonstrates a potential method for smart controlling of the functions of nanomaterials from the molecular level.     

Stimuli‐Triggered Sol–Gel Transitions of Polypeptides Derived from α‐Amino Acid N‐Carboxyanhydride (NCA) Polymerizations

The past decade has witnessed significantly increased interest in the development of smart polypeptide‐based organo‐ and hydrogel systems with stimuli responsiveness, especially those that exhibit sol–gel phase‐transition properties, with an anticipation of their utility in the construction of adaptive materials, sensor designs, and controlled release systems, among other applications. Such developments have been facilitated by dramatic progress in controlled polymerizations of α‐amino acid N‐carboxyanhydrides (NCAs), together with advanced orthogonal functionalization techniques, which have enabled economical and practical syntheses of well‐defined polypeptides and peptide hybrid polymeric materials. One‐dimensional stacking of polypeptides or peptide aggregations in the forms of certain ordered conformations, such as α helices and β sheets, in combination with further physical or chemical cross‐linking, result in the construction of three‐dimensional matrices of polypeptide gel systems. The macroscopic sol–gel transitions, resulting from the construction or deconstruction of gel networks and the conformational changes between secondary structures, can be triggered by external stimuli, including environmental factors, electromagnetic fields, and (bio)chemical species. Herein, the most recent advances in polypeptide gel systems are described, covering synthetic strategies, gelation mechanisms, and stimuli‐triggered sol–gel transitions, with the aim of demonstrating the relationships between chemical compositions, supramolecular structures, and responsive properties of polypeptide‐based organo‐ and hydrogels.     

Pyridine-containing versatile gelators for post-modification of gel tissues toward construction of novel porphyrin nanotubes

Low molecular weight gelators have recently been used as a template to construct novel kind of composite materials of different shape or structures such as helix, fibers, tape or tube through the electrostatic interaction between gelators and the intermediate molecules. In this article, we intricately apply the non-electrostatic interaction between gelator and fluorescent molecules to fabricate the gel fibers. To achieve our goal, we have intentionally designed pyridine containing cholesterol-based gelators 1-3 by keeping one thing in our mind that during the formation of the stacking column the pyridine moieties will be arranged like a spiral staircase around the cholesterol column. The gelation properties of these three gelators are tested in different solvents including sublimable solvents like naphthalene and the gelator 1 has emerged as a ‘supergelator’. The morphologies strongly depend on the process of solvent removal from the gel state and the stabilities of gel have been tuned by the added metal ions like Ag(I) by using metal-ligand interaction. Lastly, we have decorated the gel fibers obtained from gelator 1 with fluorescent molecules like tetraphenyl porphyrin Zn(II) [4·H and 4·Zn] having photopolymerizable unit at the end of tether groups and the modified fibers are well characterized by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy as well as transmission electron microscopy. This is a novel example of decoration of gel fibers with fluorescent molecules and the process will offer an alternate application in photochemical and electrochemical devices.     

含有杯芳烃的树枝状分子

杯芳烃与树枝状大分子是超分子化学中两类极为重要的主体分子,将这两种主体分子结合在一起所得到的基于杯芳烃的树枝状大分子,不仅仅能够将两者的优点集中到一个分子之中,同时还有可能产生一些新颖的性能,成为新型的智能材料、分子器件或是纳米材料。本文按照杯芳烃的类型,在树枝状大分子中的位置,综述了到目前为止有关这一新型主体分子的研究成果,展望了它在将来的发展。     

Peptides as New Smart Bionanomaterials: Molecular‐Recognition and Self‐Assembly Capabilities

Biomolecules express exquisite properties that are required for molecular recognition and self‐assembly on the nanoscale. These smart capabilities have developed through evolution and such biomolecules operate based on smart functions in natural systems. Recently, these remarkable smart capabilities have been utilized in not only biologically related fields, but also in materials science and engineering. A peptide‐screening technology that uses phage‐display systems has been developed based on this natural smart evolution for the generation of new functional peptide bionanomaterials. We focused on peptides that specifically bound to synthetic polymers. These polymer‐binding peptides were screened by using a phage‐display peptide library to recognize nanostructures that were derived from polymeric structural features and were utilized for possible applications as new bionanomaterials. We also focused on self‐assembling peptides with β‐sheet structures that formed nanoscale, fibrous structures for applications in new bottom‐up nanomaterials. Moreover, nanofiber‐binding peptides were also screened to introduce the desired functionalities into nanofibers without the need for additional molecular design. Our approach to construct new bionanomaterials that employ peptides will open up excellent opportunities for the next generation of materials science and technology.