Microfluidics for the rapid and controlled preparation of organic nanotubes of bent-core based dendrimers.

ABSTRACT: Recently, bent-core molecules have emerged as excellent building blocks for the obtaining of nanostructures in solvents. Herein, we report the use of a coaxial microfluidic system as a promising tool to control the self-assembly of non-conventional bent-core amphiphiles. Moreover, a TEM study to comprehend the hierarchical self-assembly process in solution was carried out. The proposed tool provides both a cost-effective platform to save hard-to-synthesise reagents and a rapid method to screen a plethora of different parameters, i.e., THF/water ratio, residence time, concentration of the amphiphile, temperature and pH. The experiments allowed to test for the first time the suitability of microfluidics for the self-assembly of bent-core molecules, as well as the study of a range of c

SUBMITTER: Castillo-Valles M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature