Nanofibers of 1,3-diphenyl-2-pyrazoline induced by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide micelles
Nanofibers of 1,3-diphenyl-2-pyrazoline induced by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide micelles
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200350961
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Yang, GQ
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作者:
Fu, HB;Xiao, DB;Yang, GQ
In recent years, organic nanoparticles (ONPs) of low-molecular-weight (MW) active compounds [1–7] have increasingly become of interest in view of the extensive studies with inorganic colloidal crystals.[8–10] The electronic and optical properties of ONPs are fundamentally different from those of inorganic nanoparticles, because of the presence of van der-Waals intermolecular interactions.[11] Furthermore, the orientation of building units in inorganic crystals is identical since atoms can be regarded as hard spheres; in contrast, the stacking mode of organic molecules plays an important role in the properties of ONPs.[4b, 6] As far as the application is concerned, the modification of optical and electro-optical properties in ONPs, which are achievable only with particle sizes in the middle or lower nanometer range (50–500 nm), allows much more variability and flexibility in both material synthesis and nanoparticle preparation.[1–7] Investigations of ONPs, however, are only at their initial stages. Until now, the challenge of synthetically controlling the shape of ONPs has been met with limited success.[5] Herein, we report a self-inducing template growth to produce nanofibers of 1, 3-diphenyl-2-pyrazoline (DP) in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) molecules in an aqueous phase. Firstly, the solubilization of DP molecules into the hydrocarbon core of spherical CTAB micelles induces the sphere-to-rod transition of CTAB micelles; then the induced rodlike CTAB micelles direct the growth of cylindrical DP nanofibers like templates. It is found that the crystal packing forces drive DP molecules self-assembling as J-type aggregates in nanofibers. The concomitant property changes upon the formation of J-type aggregates as well as the natural path to carrier mobility through the fiberlike shape may be explored to enhance device performance in many fields.Stable DP nanoparticles were prepared by injecting a stock DP/ethanol solution (100 μL, 5.0 mm) to an aqueous micellar solution of CTAB (5 mL) and stirred for 5 minutes. The dispersions of DP nanoparticles into water exhibited an off-white turbidity because of the light scattering of the particles. Interestingly, the morphology of DP particles strongly depends on the concentration of CTAB (CCTAB). Without CTAB molecules in the aqueous phase or CCTAB is less than the first critical micelle concentration (CMC, 0.9 mm), DP molecules would deposit quickly. To elucidate the role played by CTAB molecules, five samples, labeled as 1–5, with CCTAB= 5.4, 4.0, 2.7, 1.8 and 0.9 mm, respectively, were used in our experiments.