Hydrogen-bonding directed assembly and gelation of donor-acceptor chromophores: Supramolecular reorganization from a charge-transfer state to a self-sorted state

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6061-6066

  Das, Anindita ^a   Molla, Mijanur Rahaman ^a   Banerjee, Ambar ^a   Paul, Ankan ^a   Ghosh, Suhrit ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

charge transfer; organogels; self assembly; self sorting; supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMIDE FUNCTIONALITIES; CATENANES; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CT BANDS; DIRECTED ASSEMBLY; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GEL STATE; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; METHYLENE GROUPS; MIXED ASSEMBLIES; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; ORGANOGELS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROTAXANES; SELF-SORTING; SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY; SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNTHETIC ION CHANNELS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

AMIDES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; COAGULATION; GELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; ION EXCHANGE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OLIGOMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GELATION;

EID: 79956143499     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100606     Document Type: Article

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