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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Self-assembled, optically-active {naphthalene diimide}U{cucurbit[8]uril} ensembles in an aqueous environment†

Heather F. Higginbotham,‡a   Subashani Maniam, ORCID logo ‡b   Tina Hsia,a   Lyle Isaacs, ORCID logo c   Steven J. Langford ORCID logo *d  and  Toby D. M. Bell ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
E-mail: toby.bell@monash.edu

b Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

d Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria 3122, Australia
E-mail: sjlangford@swin.edu.au

Abstract

Naphthalene diimides (NDIs) are shown to arrange spontaneously co-facially with cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) in an aqueous environment through purely non-covalent interactions. The resultant 2 : 2 supramolecular complex of NDI and CB[8] is highly fluorescent (>30 times more than the constituent NDIs) due to the formation of NDI–NDI excimers within the supramolecular complex.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled, optically-active {naphthalene diimide}U{cucurbit[8]uril} ensembles in an aqueous environment

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP00659B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Feb 2021
Accepted
01 Jun 2021
First published
02 Jun 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 13434-13439

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Self-assembled, optically-active {naphthalene diimide}U{cucurbit[8]uril} ensembles in an aqueous environment

H. F. Higginbotham, S. Maniam, T. Hsia, L. Isaacs, S. J. Langford and T. D. M. Bell, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 13434 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP00659B

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