Issue 3, 2001

Self-assembly of small molecules: An approach combining electrostatic self-assembly technology with host–guest chemistry

Abstract

A fluorescence probe study, surface tension and dye solubilization tests indicate that the water-soluble calixarene, 5,11,17,23,29,35,41,47-octosulfonato-49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56-octododecyloxycalix[8]arene (18-C12) acts as a “unimolecular” micelle in water. By forming guest–host-type complexes with 18-C12, lipophilic dyes, such as methyl yellow (MY), p-hydroxyazobenzene (HAB) and 1-(p-phenylazophenylazo)-2-naphthol (Sudan III), dissolve in aqueous solution. By dipping a charged substrate in the 18-C12–dye solution and a cationic polyelectrolyte solution alternately, these small molecular dyes were successfully self-assembled into multilayer films.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Sep 2000
Accepted
11 Dec 2000
First published
09 Feb 2001

New J. Chem., 2001,25, 483-486

Self-assembly of small molecules: An approach combining electrostatic self-assembly technology with host–guest chemistry

Y. Zhang and W. Cao, New J. Chem., 2001, 25, 483 DOI: 10.1039/B007959F

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