Well-defined aqueous nanoassemblies from amphiphilic meta-terphenyls and their guest incorporation.

ABSTRACT: Spherical molecular assemblies with diameters of ∼2 nm were quantitatively formed in water from new amphiphilic meta-terphenyls with two hydrophilic pendants at the central benzene ring. Whereas intermolecular interactions between small aromatic rings are typically weak, the obtained nanoassemblies are stable enough at wide-ranging concentrations and mostly remain intact even in the presence of similar nanoassemblies with polyaromatic frameworks. The nanoassembly with pentamethyl-substituted terminal benzene rings provides superior host capability for fluorescent dyes in water.

SUBMITTER: Okazawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5499508 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature