A Flexible Aromatic Amphiphilic Trication for the Solubilization of Hydrophobic Organic Semiconductors in Water

Amphiphiles are widely explored for the solubilization of various hydrophobic molecules especially drugs in water. Recently, aromatic amphiphiles emerged as a new class organic semiconductors However, synthesis these systems involves several steps and often requires use expensive metal catalysts. Here we describe design type flexible amphiphilic trication (FAT) its application FAT has been synthesized two without any We observed that self-assembles water into bilayer two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets composed naphthalimide units. is found to be effective such perylene, perylene diimide C60 by encapsulating them domains. Moreover, was also 2D conjugated ladder polymer, TQBQ (triquinoxalinylene benzoquinone),