化学学报 ›› 2012, Vol. 70 ›› Issue (19): 2016-2023.DOI: 10.6023/A12060270 上一篇    下一篇

研究论文

超声促进两组分多彩发光体系分子聚集体的共组装及其对酸的响应行为

余旭东a,b, 刘倩a, 许秀芳c, 兰海闯a, 曹新华a, 陈黎明a, 刘斌a, 易涛a   

  1. a 复旦大学化学系 上海 200433;
    b 河北科技大学理学院 石家庄 050080;
    c 南开大学化学系 天津 300071
  • 投稿日期:2012-06-01 发布日期:2012-07-13
  • 通讯作者: 易涛 E-mail:yitao@fudan.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    项目受国家自然科学基金(Nos. 91022021 and 30890141);973项目(No. 2009CB930400);教育部创新团队(No. IRT1117)和上海市重点学科(No. B108)资助.

Ultrasound Assisted Co-aggregation of a Two-component System with Multicolor Emission and Its Response to Acid

Yu Xudonga,b, Liu Qiana, Xu Xiufangc, Lan Haichuanga, Cao Xinhuaa, Chen Liminga, Liu Bina, Yi Taoa   

  1. a Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433;
    b College of Science, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050080;
    c Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
  • Received:2012-06-01 Published:2012-07-13
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 91022021 and 30890141), the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2009CB930400), the Program for Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT1117) and the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (No. B108).

设计合成了一种含凝胶因子和微晶的两组分凝胶体系, 由发蓝光的氨基酸衍生物和发红光的苊唑衍生物构成. 在超声和热的协同作用下, 可促进凝胶因子的羧基和微晶分子中的苊唑氮进行酸碱配位, 从而实现该两组分在分子聚集体层次的共组装. 两种化合物分别能发出蓝色和红色荧光, 便于我们通过共聚焦显微镜(CLSM)来直接观测其微观聚集行为. CLSM图片表明通过加热冷却的方法所获得的干凝胶其微观结构是由发红光的棒状微晶和发蓝光的纤维组成的混合体; 当通过一个预超声再加热-冷却的过程, 可以得到一种均匀的同时发射蓝光和红光的凝胶纤维聚集体. 结果表明, 超声和热的协同作用可以有效地促进分子间的聚集, 从而形成均相体系. 进一步, 我们通过超声诱导的分子间共聚集构建了微纳米层次上的多彩发光体系. 该体系发射光谱可以通过两种成分的混合比例来精确调控, 同时可以通过加入质子酸进一步调控. 与此同时, 酸的加入也诱导了两组分组装体发生由纤维向囊泡的形貌变化, 并伴随着凝胶向溶胶的宏观相态转变. 当加入碱后, 该溶胶可恢复为凝胶. 这种具有多重功能并易于调控的两组分凝胶在可视化分子识别、控制缓释、刺激响应和记忆材料等领域具有潜在应用价值.

关键词: 两组分凝胶, 超声, 共组装, 荧光, 酸响应

In this paper, a two-component gel/micro-crystal system including amino acid and imidazole-based derivatives with blue and red emission, respectively, is designed and obtained. The two emission colors are convenient for the study of the co-aggregation of the two molecules via double channel confocal laser scanning microscopy. The two-component system could response to ultrasound with the morphology change from the mixture of club-shaped microcrystals and helical fibers by a thermal process to homogenous fibers exposing to sonication. Further evidence for the co-aggregation of the two components was obtained from circular dichromism (CD), IR spectra and X-ray powder diffraction. The self-assembly process between the two components was also studied by optimized molecular geometry calculation. Moreover, the co-aggregation obtained by the sonication then heating-cooling process, could not be destroyed by repeated heating-cooling. The gel-sol process could be further repeated for many times, suggesting that the co-aggregated gel was thermal-stable. It can be deduced that sonication weakened the intermolecular interaction between congeneric molecules and promoted the intermolecular hydrogen bonding between the two components. The results indicate that cooperation of the sonication and thermal processes is an effective way to prohibit phase separation and to promote gelation in the gel/micro-crystal system. Thus, a light harvest system is achieved by co-aggregation of the two components at nanoscale by means of sonication. The emission color of these two-component gels can be tuned by changing the ratio of the two compounds. These gels are sensitive to acid, givingclear spectral variation, accompanied by a gel to sol transition. The morphology of the two-component system is changed from a fiber structure to vesicles without phase separation when responding to acid and metal ions. Moreover, both the gel state and the morphology can be reversed by further addition of alkali. This kind of multifunctional and tunable two-component gel should have potential applications on the fields of visible molecular recognition, controllable release, stimulus responsive and memory materials.

Key words: two-component gel, ultrasound, co-aggregation, fluorescence, acid response