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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 298-306Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002695
Keywords
circular dichroism; helical structures; self-assembly; squaraine dyes; supramolecular chemistry
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- Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science [024.001.035]
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This study reported two novel chiral squaraine dyes and their achiral counterparts, which were aggregated in solution and in thin films. The co-assembled structures exhibited exceptional photophysical properties, with the circular dichroism reaching a maximum when just 25% of the chiral dye was present in the mixture.
Squaraine dyes are well known for their strong absorption in the visible regime. Reports on chiral squaraine dyes are, however, scarce. To address this gap, we here report two novel chiral squaraine dyes and their achiral counterparts. The presented dyes are aggregated in solution and in thin films. A detailed chiroptical study shows that thin films formed by co-assembling the chiral dye with its achiral counterpart exhibit exceptional photophysical properties. The circular dichroism (CD) of the co-assembled structures reaches a maximum when just 25 % of the chiral dye are present in the mixture. The solid structures with the highest relative CD effect are achieved when the chiral dye is used solely as a director, rather than the structural component. The chiroptical data are further supported by selected spin-filtering measurements using mc-AFM. These findings provide a promising platform for investigating the relationship between the dissymmetry of a supramolecular structure and emerging material properties rather than a comparison between a chiral molecular structure and an achiral counterpart.
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