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Chemical Communications

Role of complementary H-bonding interaction of a cyanurate in the self-assembly and gelation of melamine linked tri(p-phenyleneethynylene)s†

Sankarapillai Mahesh,a   Rajasekaran Thirumalai,a   Shiki Yagai,*bc   Akihide Kitamurab  and  Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh*a  

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a Photosciences and Photonics, Group Chemical Science and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum-695019, India
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b Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
E-mail: yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp
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c PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Abstract

Melamine-functionalized tri(p-phenyleneethynylene) 1 self-assembles to form opaque and weak gels in aliphatic solvents which turned transparent and stable upon addition of a cyanurate, affording supramolecular nanostructures with distinct physical properties.

Graphical abstract: Role of complementary H-bonding interaction of a cyanurate in the self-assembly and gelation of melamine linked tri(p-phenyleneethynylene)s

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B912392J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Jun 2009
Accepted
28 Aug 2009
First published
14 Sep 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5984-5986

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Role of complementary H-bonding interaction of a cyanurate in the self-assembly and gelation of melamine linked tri(p-phenyleneethynylene)s

S. Mahesh, R. Thirumalai, S. Yagai, A. Kitamura and A. Ajayaghosh, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5984 DOI: 10.1039/B912392J

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