Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels

Scott, Jamieson; Tong, Katie; William, Hamilton; He, Lilin; James, Michael; Thordarson, Pall; Boukhalfa, Sofiane

doi:10.1021/la502546n

Title: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels

Journal Article · Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Langmuir

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/la502546n· OSTI ID:1185783

Scott, Jamieson ^[1]; Tong, Katie ^[1]; William, Hamilton ^[2]; He, Lilin ^[2]; James, Michael ^[3]; Thordarson, Pall ^[1]; Boukhalfa, Sofiane ^[4]

Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Melbourne, VIC (Australia). Australian Synchrotron
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

The kinetics of aggregation of two pyromellitamide gelators; tetrabutyl- (C4) and tetrahexylpyromellitamide (C6), in deuterated cyclohexane has been investigated by small angle neutron scattering (SANS) for up to six days. The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of how self-assembled gels are formed. Short-term (< 3 hour) time scales revealed multiple phases with the data for the tetrabutylpyromellitamide C4 indicating one dimensional stacking and aggregation corresponding to a multi-fiber braided cluster arrangement that is about 35 Å in diameter. The corresponding tetrahexylpyromellitamide C6 data suggests that the C6 also forms one-dimensional stacks but that these aggregate to a thicker multi-fiber braided cluster that have a diameter of 61.8 Å. Over a longer period of time, the radius, persistence length and contour length all continue to increase in 6 days after cooling. This data suggests that structural changes in self-assembled gels occur over a period exceeding several days and that fairly subtle changes in the structure (e.g. tail-length) can influence the packing of molecules in self-assembled gels on the single-to-few fiber bundle stage.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1185783

Journal Information:: Langmuir, Vol. 30, Issue 46; ISSN 0743-7463

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