Issue 75, 2016

One-dimensional self-assembly of perylene-diimide dyes by unidirectional transit of zeolite channel openings

Abstract

Confined supramolecular architectures of chromophores are key components in artificial antenna composites for solar energy harvesting and storage. A typical fabrication process, based on the insertion of dye molecules into zeolite channels, is still unknown at the molecular level. We show that slipping of perylene diimide dyes into the one-dimensional channels of zeolite L and travelling inside is only possible because of steric-interaction-induced cooperative vibrational modes of the host and the guest. The funnel-like structure of the channel opening, larger at the entrance, along with a directionally asymmetric entrance–exit probability, ensures a favorable self-assembly process of the perylene units.

Graphical abstract: One-dimensional self-assembly of perylene-diimide dyes by unidirectional transit of zeolite channel openings

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jun 2016
Accepted
21 Jul 2016
First published
26 Jul 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 11195-11198

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One-dimensional self-assembly of perylene-diimide dyes by unidirectional transit of zeolite channel openings

G. Tabacchi, G. Calzaferri and E. Fois, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11195 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05303C

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