title: Water-induced helical supramolecular polymerization and gel formation of an alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide dyad.
abstract: An alkylene-tethered perylene bisimide (PBI) dyad with hydrophilic substituents forms helical supramolecular polymers that can be visualized by AFM in THF-water mixtures. The supramolecular polymers also form thixotropic gel-like lyotropic mesophases in the mixtures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
authors.forename: Deepak D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8207-3630
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
authors.forename: Shiki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagai