Effect of Bond Rigidity and Molecular Structure on the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules Using Second-Order Classical Density Functional Theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (9) ◽  
pp. 2730-2738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bennett D. Marshall ◽  
Chris Emborsky ◽  
Kenneth Cox ◽  
Walter G. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Second Order ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Amphiphilic Molecules

scholarly journals Insight into the Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Perylene Bisimide Derivatives Through a Combined Computational and Experimental Approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Draper ◽  
Liam Wilbraham ◽  
Dave J. Adams ◽  
Matthew Wallace ◽  
Martijn Zwijnenburg
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Colloidal Stability ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Perylene Bisimide ◽  
Aggregate Growth ◽  
Perylene Bisimides

We use a combination of computational and experimental techniques to study the self-assembly and gelation of water-soluble perylene bisimides derivatised at the imide position with an amino acid. Specifically, we study the likely structure of self-assembled aggregates of the alanine-functionalised perylene bisimide (PBI-A) and the thermodynamics of their formation using density functional theory and predict the UV-vis spectra of such aggregates using time-dependent density functional theory. We compare these predictions to experiments in which we study the evolution of the UV-Vis and NMR spectra and rheology of alkaline PBI-A solutions when gradually decreasing the pH. Based on the combined computational and experimental results, we show that PBI-A self-assembles at all pH values but that aggregates grow in size upon protonation. Gelation is driven not by aggregate growth but reduction of the aggregation surface-charge and a decrease in the colloidal stability of the aggregation with respect to agglomeration.

The self-assembly mechanism of the Lindqvist anion [W6O19]2− in aqueous solution: a density functional theory study

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (37) ◽  
pp. 11361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong-Ling Lang ◽  
Wei Guan ◽  
Li-Kai Yan ◽  
Shi-Zheng Wen ◽  
Zhong-Min Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
The Self ◽  
Density Functional Theory Study ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Assembly Mechanism

scholarly journals Insight into the Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Perylene Bisimide Derivatives Through a Combined Computational and Experimental Approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Draper ◽  
Liam Wilbraham ◽  
Dave J. Adams ◽  
Matthew Wallace ◽  
Martijn Zwijnenburg
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Colloidal Stability ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Perylene Bisimide ◽  
Aggregate Growth ◽  
Perylene Bisimides

We use a combination of computational and experimental techniques to study the self-assembly and gelation of water-soluble perylene bisimides derivatised at the imide position with an amino acid. Specifically, we study the likely structure of self-assembled aggregates of the alanine-functionalised perylene bisimide (PBI-A) and the thermodynamics of their formation using density functional theory and predict the UV-vis spectra of such aggregates using time-dependent density functional theory. We compare these predictions to experiments in which we study the evolution of the UV-Vis and NMR spectra and rheology of alkaline PBI-A solutions when gradually decreasing the pH. Based on the combined computational and experimental results, we show that PBI-A self-assembles at all pH values but that aggregates grow in size upon protonation. Gelation is driven not by aggregate growth but reduction of the aggregation surface-charge and a decrease in the colloidal stability of the aggregation with respect to agglomeration.

scholarly journals Liquid crystals of hard rectangles on flat and cylindrical manifolds

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 5285-5294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph E. Sitta ◽  
Frank Smallenburg ◽  
Raphael Wittkowski ◽  
Hartmut Löwen
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Cylindrical Manifolds

The self-assembly of rectangular particles on flat and curved substrates was investigated using density functional theory and simulations.

scholarly journals Understanding the self-assembly of TCNQ on Cu(111): a combined study based on scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments and density functional theory simulations

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (18) ◽  
pp. 15071-15079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Stradi ◽  
Bogdana Borca ◽  
Sara Barja ◽  
Manuela Garnica ◽  
Cristina Díaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Scanning Tunnelling ◽  
Tunnelling Microscopy ◽  
Deposition Conditions

Two polymorphic structures of TCNQ on Cu(111) can be formed by varying the deposition conditions.

scholarly journals Insight into the Self-Assembly of Water-Soluble Perylene Bisimide Derivatives Through a Combined Computational and Experimental Approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Draper ◽  
Liam Wilbraham ◽  
Dave J. Adams ◽  
Matthew Wallace ◽  
Martijn Zwijnenburg
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Colloidal Stability ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
The Self ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Perylene Bisimide ◽  
Aggregate Growth ◽  
Perylene Bisimides

We use a combination of computational and experimental techniques to study the self-assembly and gelation of water-soluble perylene bisimides derivatised at the imide position with an amino acid. Specifically, we study the likely structure of self-assembled aggregates of the alanine-functionalised perylene bisimide (PBI-A) and the thermodynamics of their formation using density functional theory and predict the UV-vis spectra of such aggregates using time-dependent density functional theory. We compare these predictions to experiments in which we study the evolution of the UV-Vis and NMR spectra and rheology of alkaline PBI-A solutions when gradually decreasing the pH. Based on the combined computational and experimental results, we show that PBI-A self-assembles at all pH values but that aggregates grow in size upon protonation. Gelation is driven not by aggregate growth but reduction of the aggregation surface-charge and a decrease in the colloidal stability of the aggregation with respect to agglomeration.

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