化学学报 ›› 2014, Vol. 72 ›› Issue (1): 61-68.DOI: 10.6023/A13080821 上一篇    下一篇

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研究论文

多金属氧簇与倍半硅氧烷簇构筑的簇-簇杂化分子的合成及自组装结构

侯占要, 胡敏标, 王维   

  1. 南开大学化学学院 功能高分子材料教育部重点实验室和高分子化学研究所 合成软物质中心 天津 300071
  • 投稿日期:2013-08-06 发布日期:2013-09-24
  • 通讯作者: 王维,E-mail:weiwang@nankai.edu.cn E-mail:weiwang@nankai.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    项目受国家自然科学基金(Nos. 21274069和21334003)与高分子物理与化学国家重点实验室开放研究基金资助.

Synthesis and Self-Assembled Structure of A Cluster-Cluster Hybrid Molecule Composed of POM and POSS Clusters

Hou Zhanyao, Hu Minbiao, Wang Wei   

  1. Center for Synthetic Soft Materials, The Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
  • Received:2013-08-06 Published:2013-09-24
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21274069 and 21334003) and Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry.

以Wells-Dawson型多金属氧簇(POM)与T8型倍半硅氧烷簇(POSS)为构筑单元,通过点击化学反应制备了一种由共价键连接形成的、新型的纳米簇-簇杂化分子(POM-2POSS),并采用核磁共振(NMR)、质谱(MS)和红外光谱(IR)对产物化学结构进行了表征. 由于两个POSS簇连接在POM簇的同一侧,分子呈现“V”形. 同时,利用X射线衍射(XRD)及透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征了簇-簇杂化分子在本体中通过自组装过程形成的超分子结构,结果表明该簇-簇杂化分子形成了有序的层状结构,周期仅为5.1 nm. 本研究获得结果对以这类纳米簇为构筑单元构筑新型杂化分子以及通过自组装过程形成的、有序超分子结构的新型杂化材料的设计及制备提供了一个新的思路.

关键词: 杂化分子, 多金属氧簇, 倍半硅氧烷簇, 点击化学, 自组装

Polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane (POSS) and polyoxometalate (POM) are two kinds of clusters having totally different physical and chemical properties. For instance, the POSS cluster dissolves in weakly polar solvents, such as toluene, while the POM cluster, encapsulated by tetrabutylammonium counterions, dissolves in strongly polar solvents, such as acetonitrile, meaning the strong incompatibility. Based on this reason and their fixed shape, a novel cluster-cluster hybrid molecule with a V-shaped molecular structure (POM-2POSS) was rationally designed by covalently linking the two POSS clusters on the one side of the POM cluster. In the experiment, a two-azido-containing organosilyl derivative of a Wells-Dawson-type POM cluster and a one-propargyl-containing derivative of a POSS cluster were prepared at first. Then, the cluster-cluster hybrid was successfully synthesized by Cu-catalyzed click reaction between the two azide groups in the one POM derivative and the two propargyl groups in the two POSS derivatives. The chemical structure of this hybrid molecule was carefully characterized by NMR, ESI-MS and IR. In view of their strong incompatibility and of the particular three-dimensional (3D) structure POM-2POSS was expected to be able to self-assemble into ordered supramolecular structures. In the sample preparation POM-2POSS was dissolved in acetonitrile with a concentration of 5 mg/mL, and then the solution was dropped onto silicon substrates to prepare the thin film samples, finally the thin film samples were annealed in an acetonitrile vapor for 14 d. The film on the silicon substrate was characterized by XRD. The thin film samples for TEM characterization were made at first by floating onto the water surface and then transferred onto copper mesh. The structural analyses clearly demonstrated that the hybrid molecule self-assembled into a highly ordered lamellar morphology with a 5.1 nm periodicity, smaller than those found in block copolymers with a similar molecular weight. Formation of the highly ordered morphology reflects a self-assembly process due to absence of intermolecular entanglements, while the sub-5 nm periodicity is because of the 3D structures of the two building blocks. The findings provide a new platform for understanding of the self-assembly of nano-clusters and for development of novel hybrid materials.

Key words: hybrids, polyoxometalates, polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes, click reaction, self-assembly