Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants
Abstract
Frank–Kasper (F-K) and quasicrystal phases were originally identified in metal alloys and only sporadically reported in soft materials. These unconventional sphere-packing schemes open up possibilities to design materials with different properties. The challenge in soft materials is how to correlate complex phases built from spheres with the tunable parameters of chemical composition and molecular architecture. Here, we report a complete sequence of various highly ordered mesophases by the self-assembly of specifically designed and synthesized giant surfactants, which are conjugates of hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages tethered with hydrophobic polystyrene tails. We show that the occurrence of these mesophases results from nanophase separation between the heads and tails and thus is critically dependent on molecular geometry. Variations in molecular geometry achieved by changing the number of tails from one to four not only shift compositional phase boundaries but also stabilize F-K and quasicrystal phases in regions where simple phases of spheroidal micelles are typically observed. These complex self-assembled nanostructures have been identified by combining X-ray scattering techniques and real-space electron microscopy images. Brownian dynamics simulations based on a simplified molecular model confirm the architecture-induced sequence of phases. Furthermore, our results demonstrate the critical role of molecular architecture in dictating the formationmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Akron, OH (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China)
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1342238
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; DMR-1408872; W911NF-10-1-0518; 21304061; BK20130286; CHE-1308307
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 113; Journal Issue: 50; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; self-assembly; Frank–Kasper phases; quasicrystal phases; giant surfactants; POSS
Citation Formats
Yue, Kan, Huang, Mingjun, Marson, Ryan L., He, Jinlin, Huang, Jiahao, Zhou, Zhe, Wang, Jing, Liu, Chang, Yan, Xuesheng, Wu, Kan, Guo, Zaihong, Liu, Hao, Zhang, Wei, Ni, Peihong, Wesdemiotis, Chrys, Zhang, Wen-Bin, Glotzer, Sharon C., and Cheng, Stephen Z. D. Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1609422113.
Yue, Kan, Huang, Mingjun, Marson, Ryan L., He, Jinlin, Huang, Jiahao, Zhou, Zhe, Wang, Jing, Liu, Chang, Yan, Xuesheng, Wu, Kan, Guo, Zaihong, Liu, Hao, Zhang, Wei, Ni, Peihong, Wesdemiotis, Chrys, Zhang, Wen-Bin, Glotzer, Sharon C., & Cheng, Stephen Z. D. Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1609422113
Yue, Kan, Huang, Mingjun, Marson, Ryan L., He, Jinlin, Huang, Jiahao, Zhou, Zhe, Wang, Jing, Liu, Chang, Yan, Xuesheng, Wu, Kan, Guo, Zaihong, Liu, Hao, Zhang, Wei, Ni, Peihong, Wesdemiotis, Chrys, Zhang, Wen-Bin, Glotzer, Sharon C., and Cheng, Stephen Z. D. Mon .
"Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1609422113. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1342238.
@article{osti_1342238,
title = {Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank–Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants},
author = {Yue, Kan and Huang, Mingjun and Marson, Ryan L. and He, Jinlin and Huang, Jiahao and Zhou, Zhe and Wang, Jing and Liu, Chang and Yan, Xuesheng and Wu, Kan and Guo, Zaihong and Liu, Hao and Zhang, Wei and Ni, Peihong and Wesdemiotis, Chrys and Zhang, Wen-Bin and Glotzer, Sharon C. and Cheng, Stephen Z. D.},
abstractNote = {Frank–Kasper (F-K) and quasicrystal phases were originally identified in metal alloys and only sporadically reported in soft materials. These unconventional sphere-packing schemes open up possibilities to design materials with different properties. The challenge in soft materials is how to correlate complex phases built from spheres with the tunable parameters of chemical composition and molecular architecture. Here, we report a complete sequence of various highly ordered mesophases by the self-assembly of specifically designed and synthesized giant surfactants, which are conjugates of hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane cages tethered with hydrophobic polystyrene tails. We show that the occurrence of these mesophases results from nanophase separation between the heads and tails and thus is critically dependent on molecular geometry. Variations in molecular geometry achieved by changing the number of tails from one to four not only shift compositional phase boundaries but also stabilize F-K and quasicrystal phases in regions where simple phases of spheroidal micelles are typically observed. These complex self-assembled nanostructures have been identified by combining X-ray scattering techniques and real-space electron microscopy images. Brownian dynamics simulations based on a simplified molecular model confirm the architecture-induced sequence of phases. Furthermore, our results demonstrate the critical role of molecular architecture in dictating the formation of supramolecular crystals with “soft” spheroidal motifs and provide guidelines to the design of unconventional self-assembled nanostructures.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1609422113},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 50,
volume = 113,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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