Eugene Yau-Hin Hong, Hok-Lai Wong and Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 13272-13274
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC05247A,
Communication
A new class of amphiphilic phosphole alkynylgold(I) complexes was synthesized and was demonstrated to display sheet-like nanostructures in aqueous DMSO solution. Modulation of the extent of the aromatic π-surface at the alkynyl ligands was found to affect the self-assembly properties as well as the stability of the aggregates as revealed by the nucleation–elongation model.