Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 1079-1084.doi: 10.1007/s40242-021-1309-x

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Supramolecular Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Alkynyl-platinum(II) 2,6-Bis(N-alkylbenzimidazol-2'-yl) pyridine Complexes

Andy Shun-Hoi CHEUNG, Sammual Yu-Lut LEUNG, Franky Ka-Wah HAU, Vivian Wing-Wah YAM   

  1. Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
  • Received:2021-08-11 Revised:2021-09-07 Online:2021-10-01 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: Vivian Wing-Wah YAM E-mail:wwyam@hku.hk
  • Supported by:
    V. W.-W. YAM acknowledges the UGC Funding administered by The University of Hong Kong for supporting the electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry facilities under the support for Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Science, the University Development Fund and the Dr. Hui Wai Haan Fund of The University of Hong Kong. This work was supported by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials(No.2019B121205002). We also thank Mr. Frankie Yu-Fee Chan at the Electron Microscope Unit of The University of Hong Kong for his helpful technical assistance.

Abstract: Alkynylplatinum(II) bzimpy complexes of trimethylammonium-benzylethynyl ligand have been synthesized and characterized. Complexes with long alkyl chains have been found to exhibit interesting self-assembly properties in the acetonitrile solution. The amphiphilic nature of the complexes has led to the formation of nanorods, as revealed by electron microscopy experiments. Further increasing the polarity of the solvent media has given rise to the enhancement of low-energy emission.

Key words: Platinum, Bzimpy, Self-assembly, Nanoaggregate, Morphology