Stabilizing Liquids Using Interfacial Supramolecular Assemblies

Peiyang Gu; Xiaobo Luo; Shiyuan Zhou; Danfeng Wang; Zhongyu Li; Yu Chai; Yuzhe Zhang; Shaowei Shi; Thomas P Russell

doi:10.1002/anie.202303789

Stabilizing Liquids Using Interfacial Supramolecular Assemblies

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023 Sep 4;62(36):e202303789. doi: 10.1002/anie.202303789. Epub 2023 Jun 13.

Authors

Peiyang Gu¹, Xiaobo Luo¹, Shiyuan Zhou¹, Danfeng Wang¹, Zhongyu Li^{1

2}, Yu Chai³, Yuzhe Zhang², Shaowei Shi⁴, Thomas P Russell^{4

5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China.
² School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China.
³ Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, P. R. China.
⁴ Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China.
⁵ Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
⁶ Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
⁷ Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.

PMID: 37198522
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303789

Abstract

Stabilizing liquids based on supramolecular assembly (non-covalent intermolecular interactions) has attracted significant interest, due to the increasing demand for soft, liquid-based devices where the shape of the liquid is far from the equilibrium spherical shape. The components comprising these interfacial assemblies must have sufficient binding energies to the interface to prevent their ejection from the interface when the assemblies are compressed. Here, we highlight recent advances in structuring liquids based on non-covalent intermolecular interactions. We describe some of the progress made that reveals structure-property relationships. In addition to treating advances, we discuss some of the limitations and provide a perspective on future directions to inspire further studies on structured liquids based on supramolecular assembly.

Keywords: Interfacial Assemblies; Non-Covalent Intermolecular Interactions; Stabilizing Liquids; Structuring Liquids; Supramolecular Assembly.

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