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Title: Photoresponsive Structured Liquids Enabled by Molecular Recognition at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces

Abstract

Using host-guest molecular recognition at the oil-water interface, a new type of photoresponsive nanoparticle surfactant (NPS) was designed and prepared to structure liquids. With the help of a polymeric surfactant, the interfacial host-guest interactions can be significantly enhanced, leading to the rapid formation and assembly of a NP monolayer and offering sufficient binding energy to hold the NPs in a jammed state. The assembly of the NPSs can be reversibly manipulated via a photoswitchable jamming-to-unjamming transition, endowing the interface as well as the macroscopic assemblies with responsiveness to the external trigger (photons). Finally, this study for the first time opens a pathway for the construction of multiresponsive, structured all-liquid systems by introducing host-guest chemistry, showing promising potential applications in encapsulation, delivery systems, and unique microfluidic devices.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology (China)
  2. Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology (China); Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Beijing National Science Foundation; National Natural Science Foundation (NNSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1634084
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 2194083; 51903011
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; surface tension; interfaces; noncovalent interactions; liquids; ligands

Citation Formats

Sun, Huilou, Li, Lianshun, Russell, Thomas P., and Shi, Shaowei. Photoresponsive Structured Liquids Enabled by Molecular Recognition at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02555.
Sun, Huilou, Li, Lianshun, Russell, Thomas P., & Shi, Shaowei. Photoresponsive Structured Liquids Enabled by Molecular Recognition at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02555
Sun, Huilou, Li, Lianshun, Russell, Thomas P., and Shi, Shaowei. Thu . "Photoresponsive Structured Liquids Enabled by Molecular Recognition at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02555. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1634084.
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title = {Photoresponsive Structured Liquids Enabled by Molecular Recognition at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces},
author = {Sun, Huilou and Li, Lianshun and Russell, Thomas P. and Shi, Shaowei},
abstractNote = {Using host-guest molecular recognition at the oil-water interface, a new type of photoresponsive nanoparticle surfactant (NPS) was designed and prepared to structure liquids. With the help of a polymeric surfactant, the interfacial host-guest interactions can be significantly enhanced, leading to the rapid formation and assembly of a NP monolayer and offering sufficient binding energy to hold the NPs in a jammed state. The assembly of the NPSs can be reversibly manipulated via a photoswitchable jamming-to-unjamming transition, endowing the interface as well as the macroscopic assemblies with responsiveness to the external trigger (photons). Finally, this study for the first time opens a pathway for the construction of multiresponsive, structured all-liquid systems by introducing host-guest chemistry, showing promising potential applications in encapsulation, delivery systems, and unique microfluidic devices.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.0c02555},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 19,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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