High aspect ratio, processable coordination polymer gel nanotubes based on an AIE-active LMWG with tunable emission.
A new TPE based low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) which displays both AIE and MCIE phenomena in gel state has been synthesized. LMWG self-assembles to form 1D nanofibers which undergo morphology transformation to coordination polymer gel (CPG) nanotubes upon metal ion coordination. CPG shows enhanced mechanical stability along with tunable emission properties.
Molecular Materials Laboratory, Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India. tmaji@jncasr.ac.in.
Venkata M
VM
Suresh
Anangsha
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Tapas Kumar
TK
Maji