Monitoring the Hierarchical Evolution from a Double-Stranded Helix to a Well-Defined Microscopic Morphology Based on a Turbine-like Aromatic Molecule

Jun-Yan Zhu; Ya-Lun Xu; Qianqian Li; Chuan-Bao Zhang; Yan-Bo Wang; Lixiong Zhang; Ji-Ya Fu; Lili Zhao

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c01443

Monitoring the Hierarchical Evolution from a Double-Stranded Helix to a Well-Defined Microscopic Morphology Based on a Turbine-like Aromatic Molecule

ACS Omega. 2020 Jul 2;5(27):16612-16618. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01443. eCollection 2020 Jul 14.

Authors

Jun-Yan Zhu¹, Ya-Lun Xu¹, Qianqian Li², Chuan-Bao Zhang¹, Yan-Bo Wang¹, Lixiong Zhang³, Ji-Ya Fu¹, Lili Zhao²

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
² Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
³ College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.

Abstract

1H-Indazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-5,10-dione IPDD with an approximate turbine-like spatial structure, primary assembled double-stranded helices at the first level, was predicted by quantum chemical calculations and confirmed by atomic force microscopy. The higher-dimensional hierarchical architectures including fibrils, helical fibers, spherical shells, and porous prismatic structures were observed in sequence by the scanning electron microscopy technique. The final porous prismatic structures sensitive to NH₃ vapors have the potential to be applied in gas sensing and absorbing materials.