Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, West Bengal, India
Abstract
This paper reports a stimuli-responsive designer supramolecular polymer gel in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO)/water (1:2) based on a dipeptide amphiphile and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) The dipeptide amphiphile contains caproic acid at the N terminus and methyl ester at the C terminus. From X-ray single crystal diffraction, the amphiphile adopts a kink-like conformation. The amphiphile self-assembled to form a parallel sheet-like structure stabilized by multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Moreover, the parallel sheet-like structure is also stabilized by edge-to-edge π–π stacking interactions. In higher-order packing, it forms a corrugated sheet-like structure stabilized by hydrophobic interactions. The dipeptide amphiphile interacts with β-cyclodextrin and forms gel through supramolecular polymer formation in (DMSO)/water (1:2) by a simple heating-cooling cycle. The sol-to-gel transformation is because of a host–guest complex between compound 1 and β-CD and the formation of supramolecular polymer accompanied by microstructure changes from nanofibers to microrods. The gel is temperature responsive with a Tgel of 70 °C. The supramolecular polymer gel is also responsive to stimuli such aspicric acid and HCl. The extensive spectroscopic studies show that the aromatic hydrophobic side chain of compound 1 forms a host–guest complex with β-CD. These results will be helpful for the design of advanced programable eco-friendly functional materials.
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Electrochemistry,Chemistry (miscellaneous)
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