Chirality and chiral functional composites of bicontinuous cubic nanostructured cubosomes  

作　　者：Deyin Wang Hongkai Liu Wei Wang 

机构地区：[1]Center for Synthetic Soft Materials,Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry,College of Chemistry,Nankai University,Tianjin 300071,China

出　　处：《Chinese Chemical Letters》2022年第3期1488-1492,共5页中国化学快报（英文版）

基　　金：financial support given by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 92061120)。

摘　　要：Molecular self-assembly is the most important strategy for the development of chiral aggregates and chiral functional materials. In this study, we rationally designed and synthesized chiral fluorescent heteroclusters that were self-assembled into microscale cubosomes with a three-dimensional(3D) bicontinuous cubic phase nanostructure. The cubosomes exhibited chirality, indicating that chirality is transferred from the molecules to the 3D nanostructure. Therefore, we confirmed the formation of a chiral bicontinuous cubic phase nanostructure for the first time. We also showed that this chirality originates from the continuous change in the saddle-splay distortion of the molecules within the curved bilayer. At the same time, transparent films of chiral composites were prepared by mixing the chiral cubosomes with an epoxy resin and then curing the mixture. Therefore, we demonstrated an effective method for preparing chiral composites.

关 键 词：CHIRALITY Self-assembly NANOSTRUCTURE Composite 

分 类 号：TB383.1[一般工业技术—材料科学与工程]