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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 13, 期 10, 页码 2273-2280出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03941
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- U.S. DOE, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
- U.S. DOE, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
Bioinspired membrane molecules with improved physical properties and enhanced stability can serve as functional models for conventional lipid or amphiphilic species. The self-assembly of amphiphilic, charged oligodimethylsiloxane imidazolium cation at the air-aqueous interface is elucidated using Langmuir trough methods and surface-specific vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. A compression-induced desolvation step is found to precede phase transitions, and atomistic molecular dynamics simulations support the experimental data. The understanding of hydrophobic tail conformations offers new strategies for interface design in developing soft-matter electronics and low-dimensional materials.
Bioinspired membrane molecules with improved physical properties and enhanced stability can serve as functional models for conventional lipid or amphiphilic species. Importantly, these molecules can also provide new insights into emergent phenomena that manifest during self-assembly at interfaces. Here, we elucidate the structural response and mechanistic steps underlying the self-assembly of the amphiphilic, charged oligodimethylsiloxane imidazolium cation (ODMS-MIM+) at the air-aqueous interface using Langmuir trough methods with coincident surface-specific vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. We find evidence for a new compression-induced desolvation step that precedes commonly known disordered-to-ordered phase transitions to form nanoscopic assemblies. The experimental data was supported by atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to provide a detailed mechanistic picture underlying the assembly and the role of water in these phase transitions. The sensitivity of the hydrophobic ODMS tail conformations to compression-owing to distinct water-ODMS interactions and tail-tail solvation properties-offers new strategies for the design of interfaces that can be further used to develop soft-matter electronics and low-dimensional materials using physical and chemical controls.
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