| Organoplatinum(II) gemini amphiphiles with three different chain lengths and a predefined angle of 60° are synthesized. Self-organization at the air-water interface is investigated as a function of chain length and reduction in surface area, by using Langmuir-trough techniques. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the transferred Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) films reveals wormlike aggregates for the organoplatinum(II) gemini amphiphiles, possessing hexyloxy- and dodecyloxy-chains.;A neutral crown ether functionalized [1+1] facial amphiphile was self-assembled from a flexible 32-membered dibenzo crown ether and a diplatinum acceptor clip. A homologous series of charged triangle-shaped amphiphilic metallomacrocyles was self-assembled from stoichiometric amounts of organoplatinum(II) gemini amphiphiles and bipyridyl donor molecules in quantitative yields. The amphiphilic triangular scaffolds were characterized by multinuclear NMR and ESI-MS.;A new amphiphilic organoplatinum(II) precursor with a predefined angle of 90° was synthesized. The precursor was mixed in stoichiometric ratios with two different 3-substituted pyridines and a rigid bipyridyl ligand to construct three charged amphiphilic metallomacrocyles. The computational calculations on the assemblies constructed from flexible 3-substituted pyridines indicate that the assemblies exist largely as chair isomers.;The self-organization of the hexacationic triangular amphiphiles at liquid-liquid, air-water and solid-air interfaces was studied using confocal microscopy, in situ Raman spectroscopy, Langmuir-trough techniques, fluorescence spectroscopy and AFM. The amphiphilic triangle with octadecyloxy-chains was found to form a bicontinuous coacervate with pores in a chloroform/water solvent mixture. The pressure-area isotherms revealed formation of surface aggregates at the air-water interface. Fluid AFM studies on the transferred LS layers reveal ridge-like patterns with a flat top. Models were constructed to explain the organization of the individual molecules within the observed aggregate structure. Fluorescence and AFM studies on dried LS layers of amphiphilic triangles with hexyloxy- and dodecyloxy-chains reveal the formation of elongated aggregates. |
