Journal
SOFT MATTER
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 1579-1585Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02698a
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21173011, 21273013, 21473005, 21422302]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB933800]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In this work we report the chain length dependent behavior of the nonamphiphilic supramolecular building blocks based on the host-guest inclusion complexes of alkanes and b-cyclodextrins (b-CD). H-1 NMR, ESI-MS, and SAXS measurements verified that upon increasing the chain length of alkanes, the building blocks for vesicle formation changed from channel type 2alkane@2 beta-CD via channel type alkane@2 beta-CD to non-channel type 2alkane@2 beta-CD. FT-IR and TGA experiments indicated that hydrogen bonding is the extensive driving force for vesicle formation. It revealed that water molecules are involved in vesicle formation in the form of structural water. Upon changing the chain length, the average number of water molecules associated with per building block is about 16-21, depending on the chain length.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available