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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4]
  1. Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Melbourne, VIC (Australia). Australian Synchrotron
  4. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1185783
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Langmuir
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 46; Journal ID: ISSN 0743-7463
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Scott, Jamieson, Tong, Katie, William, Hamilton, He, Lilin, James, Michael, Thordarson, Pall, and Boukhalfa, Sofiane. Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/la502546n.
Scott, Jamieson, Tong, Katie, William, Hamilton, He, Lilin, James, Michael, Thordarson, Pall, & Boukhalfa, Sofiane. Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/la502546n
Scott, Jamieson, Tong, Katie, William, Hamilton, He, Lilin, James, Michael, Thordarson, Pall, and Boukhalfa, Sofiane. Fri . "Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/la502546n. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185783.
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title = {Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Studies on the Structural Evolution of Pyromellitamide Self-assembled Gels},
author = {Scott, Jamieson and Tong, Katie and William, Hamilton and He, Lilin and James, Michael and Thordarson, Pall and Boukhalfa, Sofiane},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1021/la502546n},
journal = {Langmuir},
number = 46,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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