The controlled preparation of organic nanotubesviaself-assembly of polycyclic aromatics is a contemporary challenge for supramolecular science. Here, we show that the self-assembly of pyrene-containing cationic amphiphiles, 3-(4-(pyren-6-yl)phenoxy)propan-1-ammonium salts (PyPA-Cl, PyPA-Br, and PyPA-SO44), can form high aspect ratio nanotubes with a uniform diameter distribution. We have also demonstrated that the counter anions also play an important role in the self-assembling results. The self-assembly of pyrene-containing cationic amphiphilic molecules with monovalent anions (Cl−− and Br−−) forms exclusively uniform nanotubes; whereas the self-assembly of amphiphiles with bivalent counter anions (SO42−) forms exclusively high aspect ratio nanoribbons. Furthermore, we have found that the diameter of the PyPA-Brnanotubes is larger than that of the PyPA-Clnanotubes. The research results reported herein represent an important step towards the preparation of functional nanostructures with controlled 1D architectures.
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芳烃自组装有机纳米管的可控制备是当代超分子科学面临的一项挑战。在这里,我们展示了含
芘阳离子双亲化合物--3-(4-(
芘-6-基)苯氧基)丙-1-
铵盐(PyPA-Cl、PyPA-Br 和 PyPA-SO44)--的自组装可以形成直径分布均匀的高纵横比纳米管。我们还证明,反阴离子在自组装结果中也起着重要作用。含
芘阳离子两亲分子与一价阴离子(Cl-- 和 Br--)的自组装只能形成均匀的纳米管;而两亲分子与二价反阴离子(SO42-)的自组装只能形成高纵横比的纳米带。此外,我们还发现 PyPA-Brnanotubes 的直径大于 PyPA-Clnanotubes 的直径。本文所报告的研究成果是向制备具有可控一维结构的功能性纳米结构迈出的重要一步。