Guest removal from ring-banded guanidinium organosulfonate hydrogen-bonded frameworks

Rochelle B. Spencer, Anna Yusov, Alexandra M. Dillon, Akash Tiwari, Oriol Arteaga, Sophia Sburlati, St John Whittaker, Wantong Wu, Sixian Chen, Alexander G. Shtukenberg, Michael D. Ward, Bart Kahr, Stephanie S. Lee

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Abstract

Crystalline fibers of the hydrogen-bonded bis(guanidinium)naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate framework containing ethanol guest molecules, (G)2(1,5-NDS)⊃EtOH, twist as they grow when deposited from solution under conditions that favor low nucleation densities and high branching rates. Spherulites comprising helicoidal fibers with a pitch of 3.4 ± 0.5 μm display rhythmic concentric variations in interference colors between crossed polarizers. Tightly packed fibers and platelets systematically change orientations between flat-on and edge-on crystallites with respect to the substrate surface. Mueller matrix imaging reveals periodic oscillations in the absolute magnitude of the linear retardance and an associated bisignate circular retardance. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data demonstrates that the twisted (G)2(1,5-NDS)⊃EtOH crystals adopt a bilayer packing motif with ethanol as guest molecules (space group P1̄). When the banded spherulite films were subsequently heated at 130 °C, the solvated phase was converted to a guest-free crystalline phase (space group P21/c). This transition resulted in loss of linear retardance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13727-13736
Number of pages10
JournalNanoscale
Volume17
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 30 2025

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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