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Encapsulation of rhodamine 6G dye molecules for affecting symmetry of supramolecular crystals of Melamine-Barbiturate. / Nesterov, Pavel V.; Shilovskikh, Vladimir V.; Sokolov, Alexander D.; Gurzhiy, Vladislav V.; Novikov, Alexander S.; Timralieva, Alexandra A.; Belogub, Elena V.; Kondratyuk, Nikolay D.; Orekhov, Nikita D.; Skorb, Ekaterina V.
In: Symmetry, Vol. 13, No. 7, 1119, 23.06.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Encapsulation of rhodamine 6G dye molecules for affecting symmetry of supramolecular crystals of Melamine-Barbiturate
AU - Nesterov, Pavel V.
AU - Shilovskikh, Vladimir V.
AU - Sokolov, Alexander D.
AU - Gurzhiy, Vladislav V.
AU - Novikov, Alexander S.
AU - Timralieva, Alexandra A.
AU - Belogub, Elena V.
AU - Kondratyuk, Nikolay D.
AU - Orekhov, Nikita D.
AU - Skorb, Ekaterina V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/6/23
Y1 - 2021/6/23
N2 - Supramolecular organic systems can be used as a host for the encapsulation of small organic molecules. Here, we chose melamine barbiturate as a robust system capable of supramolecular assembly and the Rhodamine 6G dye entrapment as a guest molecule. The encapsulation of the dye was investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy, SEM and optical fluorescent microscopy while the insight into the crystal structure of the system was obtained by single crystal and powder XRD. For investigation of the system’s properties on a molecular level, the DFT and Classical Molecular Dynamics methods were utilized. Surprisingly, both theoretical and experimental data show not only the successful encapsulation of Rhodamine 6G molecules inside the supramolecular assembly, but also that inclusion of such molecules leads to the drastic improvement in the organic crystal shape. The melamine barbiturate in presence of the Rhodamine 6G molecules tend to form crystals with lesser degree of twinning and higher symmetry in shape than the ones without dye molecules.
AB - Supramolecular organic systems can be used as a host for the encapsulation of small organic molecules. Here, we chose melamine barbiturate as a robust system capable of supramolecular assembly and the Rhodamine 6G dye entrapment as a guest molecule. The encapsulation of the dye was investigated by UV-visible spectroscopy, SEM and optical fluorescent microscopy while the insight into the crystal structure of the system was obtained by single crystal and powder XRD. For investigation of the system’s properties on a molecular level, the DFT and Classical Molecular Dynamics methods were utilized. Surprisingly, both theoretical and experimental data show not only the successful encapsulation of Rhodamine 6G molecules inside the supramolecular assembly, but also that inclusion of such molecules leads to the drastic improvement in the organic crystal shape. The melamine barbiturate in presence of the Rhodamine 6G molecules tend to form crystals with lesser degree of twinning and higher symmetry in shape than the ones without dye molecules.
KW - Crystal structure
KW - DFT
KW - Encapsulation
KW - Molecular dynamics
KW - Organic crystal
KW - Supramolecular assembly
KW - encapsulation
KW - supramolecular assembly
KW - molecular dynamics
KW - POLYMER
KW - crystal structure
KW - DYNAMICS
KW - SYSTEMS
KW - organic crystal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109194843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/sym13071119
DO - 10.3390/sym13071119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109194843
VL - 13
JO - Symmetry
JF - Symmetry
SN - 2073-8994
IS - 7
M1 - 1119
ER -
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