An asymmetrical perylene diimide 3, N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-nitrophenyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide, was synthesized, and its self-assembly and dissociation behaviors in chloroform was studied in detail by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopies. The resulting unique helical nanostructures from 3 were proposed to be self-assembled via the cooperative actions of π-π stacking, steric hindrance and electrophile-nucleophile type pairing.
Nanobelts, flower-like and rhizoid-like nanostructures of pure polyaniline (PANI) doped with sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid were prepared via electrospinning by using a coagulation bath as the collector after optimizing the fabrication parameters. The morphologies of these nanostructures were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The possible formation mechanisms were discussed.