Liquid crystalline microspheres of azobenzene amphiphiles formed by thermally induced pH changes in binary water-hydrolytic ionic liquid media.

Liquid crystalline microspheres of azobenzene amphiphiles formed by thermally induced pH changes in binary water-hydrolytic ionic liquid media.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Apr 18;:
Authors: Kang TS, Morikawa MA, Kimizuka N
Abstract
Anionic azobenzene-containing bilayered membranes dispersed in binary water-ionic liquid (IL) media undergo proton-responsive transformation into liquid crystalline microspheres (LCMs). This transformation was induced by protons released by the heat-induced hydrolysis of tetrafluoroborate ions in the ILs. This work demonstrates the first beneficial use of hydrolysis-susceptible ILs in chemistry.
PMID: 30997907 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - April 17, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Kang TS, Morikawa MA, Kimizuka N Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research