Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1410704 | Journal of Molecular Structure | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The sulfonated calixarene I8C12 acts as a host for homologous merocyanines Mc1 and Mc2 in organic solvents, exhibiting neither selectivity towards the guest dyes nor solvent dependence of the complexation equilibria. In water, on the contrary, only the lower homologue, Mc1, is solubilized in the presence of the calixarene. A combination of UV–visible and fluorescence spectroscopic and photophysical analysis and MD structural simulation of the calixarene-dye complexes was employed to account for the observations, and suggests that a radical change in the complexation mode occurs upon moving from an organic to an aqueous environment.
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Authors
Andrea Lodi, Monica Caselli, Alessandro Casnati, Fabio Momicchioli, Francesco Sansone, Davide Vanossi, Glauco Ponterini,