Effects of structural variation on the self-assembly of bis-urea based bolaamphiphiles

Jie Liu, Maaike J.G. Schotman, Marco M.R.M. Hendrix, Xianwen Lou, Patricia P. Marín San Román, Ilja K. Voets, Rint P. Sijbesma (Corresponding author)

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Samenvatting

We report on the self-assembly in water of a set of bis-urea amphiphiles. A range of techniques, including dynamic light scattering, Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and MS are used to study the effect of structural variation on the morphology of the assemblies. The length, dispersity, and end-group of the ethylene glycol hydrophilic part of the molecule, as well as of the alkyl chain length are varied to tailor the morphology towards soluble wormlike micelles. Slight modification on molecular structures gave a large difference in self-assembly behavior in water, giving guidelines for the design of rodlike supramolecular fibers with novel functionalities, such as strain-stiffening and bioactivity.

Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)1162-1170
Aantal pagina's9
TijdschriftJournal of Polymer Science
Volume59
Nummer van het tijdschrift12
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 15 jun. 2021

Financiering

This work was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Gravity program 024.001.035). Ilja K. Voets was financially supported by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO VIDI grant 723.014.006). We acknowledge the support from the Netherlands Cardiovascular Research Initiative: an initiative with support of the Dutch Heart Foundation, CVON2014‐27 REMAIN). We thank Dr Yan Ni (Eindhoven University of Technology) for assistance with fluorescence measurements. This work was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Gravity program 024.001.035). Ilja K. Voets was financially supported by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO VIDI grant 723.014.006). We acknowledge the support from the Netherlands Cardiovascular Research Initiative: an initiative with support of the Dutch Heart Foundation, CVON2014-27 REMAIN). We thank Dr Yan Ni (Eindhoven University of Technology) for assistance with fluorescence measurements.

FinanciersFinanciernummer
Hartstichting, NederlandseCVON2014‐27 REMAIN
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Ministerie van OCW024.001.035
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek723.014.006

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