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Spectroscopic visualization of sound-induced liquid vibrations using a supramolecular nanofibre

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The question of whether sound vibration of a medium can bring about any kind of molecular or macromolecular events is a long-standing scientific controversy. Although it is known that ultrasonic vibrations with frequencies of more than 1 MHz are able to align certain macromolecules in solution, no effect has yet been reported with audible sound, the frequency of which is much lower (20–20,000 Hz). Here, we report on the design of a supramolecular nanofibre that in solution becomes preferentially aligned parallel to the propagation direction of audible sound. This phenomenon can be used to spectroscopically visualize sound-induced vibrations in liquids and may find application in a wide range of vibration sensing technologies.

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Figure 1: Zinc porphyrin derivatives for self-assembly.
Figure 2: Electron micrographs of self-assembled nanofibres formed from zinc porphyrin 1.
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectra of self-assembled zinc porphyrin 2.
Figure 4: Effect of liquid vibrations generated by sound irradiation on the alignment of nanofibres.
Figure 5: Spectroscopic visualization of sound-induced liquid vibrations with self-assembled 1.
Figure 6: Pointwise spectroscopic visualization of sound-induced liquid vibrations in masked cuvettes and an L-shaped cuvette containing a solution of self-assembled 1.

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The present work was sponsored by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (no. 22350061) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan, by JST, Research Seeds Program, by Hyogo Science and Technology Association and by TEPCO Research Foundation.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Akihiko Tsuda

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Center for NanoBio Integration, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Yuka Nagamine, Reiko Watanabe & Takuzo Aida

  3. Department of Electronic Engineering, Kobe City Collage of Technology, 8-3 Gakuen-Higashi-machi, Nishi-ku, Kobe, 651-2194, Japan

    Yoshiki Nagatani

  4. Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central-6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan

    Noriyuki Ishii

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A.T. conceived and directed the project, contributed to all experiments, and wrote the paper. Y.N. and R.W. performed syntheses and spectroscopic studies. Y.N. carried out characterization of aerial sound waves. N.I. carried out TEM measurements. T.A. directed the study and contributed to the execution of the experiments and interpretation of results.

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Tsuda, A., Nagamine, Y., Watanabe, R. et al. Spectroscopic visualization of sound-induced liquid vibrations using a supramolecular nanofibre. Nature Chem 2, 977–983 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.825

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