title: Water tuned the helical nanostructures and supramolecular chirality in organogels.
abstract: Water was found to tune the self-assembled nanostructures of a cationic amphiphile in organic solvents from nanofibers to helical tapes, helical tubes and chiral nanotwists with various pitch lengths depending on water content. Inversion of CD spectra was observed in the water-triggered polar and non-polar solvent gels.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China. liumh@iccas.ac.cn zhangli@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Changxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qingxian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Minghua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000737:chemistry; D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000737:chemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D005973:Glutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003510:Cyclohexanes; D005782:Gels; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D005973:Glutamine; D000096:Acetone; D000431:Ethanol; C506365:Cyclohexane; D002725:Chloroform