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Chemical Communications

Construction of gyroid-structured matrices through the design of geminized amphiphilic zwitterions and their self-organization†

Takuro Matsumoto,ab   Ayaka Ono,a   Takahiro Ichikawa,*abc   Takashi Katod  and  Hiroyuki Ohno*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
E-mail: t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp, ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp

b Functional Ionic Liquid Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan

c PRESTO, The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan

d Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

Abstract

Gemini amphiphilic zwitterions exhibit thermotropic bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline phases having a 3D continuous ionic domain. Incorporation of an acid into the materials led to the creation of novel electrolytes transporting protons efficiently through the 3D continuous domain.

Graphical abstract: Construction of gyroid-structured matrices through the design of geminized amphiphilic zwitterions and their self-organization

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC06840E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Aug 2016
Accepted
12 Sep 2016
First published
13 Sep 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 12167-12170

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Construction of gyroid-structured matrices through the design of geminized amphiphilic zwitterions and their self-organization

T. Matsumoto, A. Ono, T. Ichikawa, T. Kato and H. Ohno, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 12167 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06840E

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