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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Materials Chemistry C Année : 2015

Reversible J- to H-aggregate transformation in thin films of a perylenebisimide organogelator

Alexandru Sarbu
Laure Biniek
Jean-Michel Guenet
Philippe Mesini
Martin Brinkmann

Résumé

A perylene bisimide organogelator is shown to behave as a reversible stimuli responsive material: thermal annealing and contact with organic non solvents allow to switch back and forth between a green J-type (Form I) and a red H-type (Form II) aggregate in thin films and powders of a N, N'-substituted H-bonding perylenebisimide (PBI-C10). Both, Form I and II were characterized by transmission electron (low dose high-resolution and electron diffraction) and atomic force microscopies, UV-vis and FTIR spectroscopies. The Form I -> Form II transformation implies a redistribution of inter-molecular H-bonds between PBI molecules that form columnar stacks in Form I and supramolecular helices with enhanced long-range stacking in Form II. The reverse transformation is triggered by a contact of Form II films with H-bonding organic non solvents e. g. linear alcohols. It is proposed that solvent molecules diffusing in the Form II films can disrupt long-range H-bonding within helical stacks of Form II. Accordingly, PBI-C10 is shown to behave as a functional material responding successively to thermal and molecular stimuli.

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hal-02023705 , version 1 (18-02-2019)

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Alexandru Sarbu, Laure Biniek, Jean-Michel Guenet, Philippe Mesini, Martin Brinkmann. Reversible J- to H-aggregate transformation in thin films of a perylenebisimide organogelator. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3 (6), pp.1235-1242. ⟨10.1039/c4tc02444c⟩. ⟨hal-02023705⟩
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