Häner, Robert; Vybornyi, Oleh; Liu, Shi-Xia (2021). Stimuli‐responsive supramolecular polymers from amphiphilic phosphodiester‐linked azobenzene trimers. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 60(49), pp. 25872-25877. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.202108745
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An amphiphilic phosphodiester-linked azobenzene trimer has been exploited in the development of stimuli-responsive water-soluble supramolecular polymers. It can reversibly undergo thermal and photoisomerization between Z and E isomers in EtOH solution. Its self-assembly properties in aqueous medium have been investigated by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques, demonstrating that E - and Z -azobenzene trimers form supramolecular nanosheets and toroidal nanostructures, respectively. By virtue of the E /Z photoisomerization of azobenzene units of the trimer, these two different supramolecular morphologies can be switched upon photoirradiation. This finding paves the way towards stimuli-responsive water-soluble supramolecular polymers which hold great promise in the construction of smart functional materials and also in biological applications.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP) 09 Interdisciplinary Units > Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Häner, Robert, Vybornyi, Oleh, Liu, Shi-Xia |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
ISSN: |
1433-7851 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-VCH |
Funders: |
[42] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Robert Häner |
Date Deposited: |
01 Oct 2021 16:32 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/anie.202108745 |
PubMed ID: |
34529324 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/159542 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/159542 |
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