title: Assemblies of perylene diimide derivatives with melamine into luminescent hydrogels.
abstract: We report unique and spontaneous formation of hydrogels of perylene derivatives with melamine. The luminescent gel network is formed by H-type aggregation of the perylene core, supramolecularly cross-linked by melamine units. As a result of controlled aggregation in the extended nanofibers, strong exciton fluorescence emission is observed.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Rd., Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India.
authors.forename: Pradip K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sukul
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Asthana
authors.forename: Pritam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Summa
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muccioli
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zannoni
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beljonne
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rowan
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik