Controlled Self‐Assembly Manipulated by Charge‐Transfer Interactions: From Tubes to Vesicles

Abstract

Transfer request: A self-assembled supramolecular charge-transfer complex of 1-(11-oxo-11-pyren-1-ylmethoxy)undecyl)pyridinium bromide (PYR) and ethane-1,2-diyl bis(3,5-dinitrobenzoate) (DNB) is shown to form vesicular aggregates in aqueous solution, in contrast to the tubular aggregates of pure PYR (see picture). A curvature-dependent mechanism for this change is proposed.