Self‐Assembly of Positively Charged Discotic PAHs: From Nanofibers to Nanotubes

Abstract

Mind your PQPs: 1D nanostructures were fabricated by the self-assembly of amphiphilic centrally charged discotic 9-alkyl-2-phenylbenzo[8,9]quinolizino[4,5,6,7-fed]phenanthridinylium (PQP) salts. Increasing the alkyl chain length of the PQP salts resulted in nanoscaled lamellar structures, whereas changing the counterion of the PQP salts from Cl− to BF4− led to a change from nanoribbons to helices and tubes. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z700515_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.