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Electrolyte-induced mesoscopic aggregation of thiacarbocyanine dye in aqueous solution: counterion size specificity.
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B 2007 June 29
Countercation size specificity is presented for the electrolyte-induced aggregation of 3,3'-disulfopropyl-5,5'-dichloro-9-methyl thiacarbocyanine (TCC) dye in aqueous solution. Addition of electrolytes having a small monovalent cation (Na+, NH4+, or Cs+) induced pure H aggregates of TCC, whereas J aggregates were preferentially promoted by electrolytes with a large monovalent cation ([N(CH3)4]+ or [N(C2H5)4]+). The electrolyte-induced H aggregate (HS aggregate) differed spectroscopically from that spontaneously self-assembled in aqueous solution. Mesoscopic structure of the HS aggregates was revealed via polarized-light microscopy and atomic force microscopy; a rodlike morphology of 50-70 nm wide and tens to hundreds of micrometers long with very strong negative birefringence. A simple structural model based on semiempirical molecular orbital calculations can explain the aggregation behaviors: The anionic TCC monomer shows a considerable planar geometry between two benzothiazole end groups when it involves a sodium cation, which favors the H-type molecular arrangements in a face-to-face orientation. On the other hand, the TCC dye has a twisted conformation when it implicates a large tetramethylammonium cation, resulting in the formation of the J aggregates.
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