Emission Enhancement and Chromism in a Salen-Based Gel System

• Published in: Langmuir Vol. 25; no. 15; pp. 8395 - 8399
• Main Authors: Chen, Peng, Lu, Ran, Xue, Pengchong, Xu, Tinghua, Chen, Guojun, Zhao, Yingying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 04.08.2009

A new salicylideneaniline-based organogelator has been synthesized, and it can gelatinize organic solvents, including cyclohexane, toluene, benzene, and some mixed solvents. SEM images show that it has self-assembled into 1-D nanofibers, which further cross-link to form 3-D network. On the basis of...