Aromatic stacking and the self-assembly of perylene monoimide diester homodimers
The self-assembly properties of two novel perylene monoimide diester homodimers have been investigated by concentration-dependent UV-Vis and H-1 NMR titration experiments and steady-state fluorescence and SEM techniques. It was found that, as a result of different positioning of the perylene monoimide diester subunits in these structures, the cooperativity and binding-models for their chain growth processes differ significantly in dichloromethane (DCM) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) due to a change in efficiency of the pi-pi stacking. The mechanism of aggregation in each case was determined by the application of Goldstein-Stryer nucleation - elongation model to the concentration-dependent data. Because of different aggregation propensities of the respective monomers in DCM, scanning electron microscopy revealed different morphologies for the assemblies.
- Dergi
- JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
- Yıl
- 2022
- Cilt
- 426
- ISSN
- 1010-6030
- eISSN
- 1873-2666
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.113769
- WoS UID
- WOS:000766142400004