Issue 20, 2019

Spontaneous formation and reversible transformation between achiral J- and chiral H-aggregates of cyanine dye MTC

Abstract

Chirality at a supramolecular level is currently attracting great attention attributed to rapid developments in supramolecular chemistry. Herein, we report a new type of chiral self-assembly based on the cyanine dye MTC. The chiral H-aggregates of MTC could form spontaneously from achiral J-aggregates, and could return back to achiral J-aggregates in high concentration on increasing the solution temperature.

Graphical abstract: Spontaneous formation and reversible transformation between achiral J- and chiral H-aggregates of cyanine dye MTC

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jan 2019
Accepted
27 Mar 2019
First published
11 Apr 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 11365-11368

Spontaneous formation and reversible transformation between achiral J- and chiral H-aggregates of cyanine dye MTC

A. Guan, J. Zhang, L. Wang, J. Cui, J. Xiang, X. Sun, K. Chen, Q. Li and Y. Tang, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 11365 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00063A

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