Formation of Coaxial Nanocables with Amplified Supramolecular Chirality through an Interaction between Carbon Nanotubes and a Chiral π-Gelator

Vedhanarayanan, Balaraman ; Nair, Vishnu S. ; Nair, Vijayakumar C. ; Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai (2016) Formation of Coaxial Nanocables with Amplified Supramolecular Chirality through an Interaction between Carbon Nanotubes and a Chiral π-Gelator Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (35). pp. 10345-10349. ISSN 14337851

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201605354

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201605354

Abstract

In an attempt to gather experimental evidence for the influence of carbon allotropes on supramolecular chirality, we found that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) facilitate amplification of the molecular chirality of a π-gelator (MC-OPV) to supramolecular helicity at a concentration much lower than that required for intermolecular interaction. For example, at a concentration 1.8×10−4 m, MC-OPV did not exhibit a CD signal; however, the addition of 0–0.6 mg of SWNTs resulted in amplified chirality as evident from the CD spectrum. Surprisingly, AFM analysis revealed the formation of thick helical fibers with a width of more than 100 nm. High-resolution TEM analysis and solid-state UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy revealed that the thick helical fibers were cylindrical cables composed of individually wrapped and coaxially aligned SWNTs. Such an impressive effect of CNTs on supramolecular chirality and cylindrical-cable formation has not been reported previously.

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