Effect of room temperature surface active ionic liquids on aggregated nanostructures of γ-Cyclodextrins: A picosecond fluorescence spectroscopic study

Jagannath Kuchlyan, Chiranjib Banerjee, Surajit Ghosh, Niloy Kundu, Debasis Banik, Nilmoni Sarkar

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Abstract

In this Letter we report on controllable transition of aggregated γ-Cyclodextrins (γ-CDs) nanostructures by tuning the concentration of a long chain ionic liquid, 1-dodecyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride (C 12mimCl) added to the aqueous solution of γ-CDs. The gradual increase in concentration of C12mimCl first results in the breaking of γ-CDs aggregates by the formation of inclusion complexes with C 12mimCl and then self-organizes into a new supramolecular aggregate. This spontaneous transition from one nanostructure to another has been established by spectroscopic and microscopic studies. It is worth to mention that addition of 1-octyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride (C8mimCl) does not lead to any such transition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)174-180
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume601
DOIs
StatePublished - May 9 2014

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Funding Information:
N.S. thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Government of India, for generous research grants. J.K. and C.B. are thankful to UGC ; N.K. and D.B. are thankful to IIT Kharagpur and S.G. is thankful to CSIR for the research fellowships.

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