ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

Regioselective Synthesis of Eight-Armed Cyclosiloxane Amphiphile for Functional 2D and 3D Assembly Motifs

Regioselective Synthesis of Eight-Armed Cyclosiloxane Amphiphile for Functional 2D and 3D Assembly Motifs
Yida Liu, Masaya Mitsuishi, Tokuji Miyashita, Yu Gao, Jun Matsui, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Huie Zhu, Buket Akkus
A crystalline tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCS)-derived amphiphile was regioselectively synthesized with eight peripheral hydrophilic amide groups and hydrophobic dodecyl chains by Pt(0)-catalyzed hydrosilylation and amidation reactions. The as-synthesized materials showed ordered lamellar structure formation in the powder form. It also exhibits superior two-dimensional (2D) monolayer formation properties at the air–water interface with unexpectedly high collapse surface pressure and elastic modulus. The monolayers act as two-dimensional building blocks with finely controllable thickness on a several nanometer scale irrespective of the substrate type and properties. The amphiphile forms nanofibers spontaneously by good–poor solvent strategies, which contributes to porous three-dimensional (3D) structures possessing superhydrophobic surface wettability.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b07331

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07331

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