title: Designed synthesis and supramolecular architectures of furan-substituted perylene diimide.
abstract: Novel furan-substituted perylene diimides are successfully synthesized and an efficient supramolecular architecture approach to construct zero/one-dimensional nano- and micro-structures by controlling solvents has been demonstrated. The aggregate structure conversion in different molecular structures can be controlled in the form of sphere-like, rod-like, and vesicle-like structures. As expected, these solid supramolecular rod-like architectures displayed interesting optical waveguide behavior, which indicates the aggregate structure materials of furan-substituted perylene diimides have the potential application as micro-scale photonic elements.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yongjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhihong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Runsheng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Huibiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li