Geometric and optical transformations of supramolecular host-guest amphiphiles
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Lo, Cynthia Tsien
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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Julia Ortony.
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Molecular self-assembly has been an area of recent interest due to its application in a variety of important contexts including drug delivery, regenerative medicine, energy applications, and others. Simultaneously, host-guest chemistry provides a robust and powerful mechanism for inducing switching on the molecular level. In this research, we demonstrate a new platform that combines molecular self-assembly of an amphiphilic chromophore guest molecule with its host molecule counterpart, CB[8] in water. We find that upon addition of CB[8] to a solution of the amphiphilic guest molecule, host-guest complexation occurs and a transition in the morphology of the observed self-assembled nanostructures occurs. Here we present the synthetic route to our amphiphilic guest molecule, in addition to the nanostructural characterization of the supramolecular nanostructures and the host-guest nanostructure by TEM, UV-Vis, and fluorescence spectra.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).
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2018Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Materials Science and Engineering.