Circularly Polarized Light Modulated Supramolecular Self-assembly for an Azobenzene-based Chiral Gel

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35520907

Authors

Kenan Shao

Ziyu Lv

Yuting Xiong

Guodong Li

Dongdong Wang

Haining Zhang

Guangyan Qing

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Abstract

UV light-triggered -to- isomerization of azobenzene usually results in the collapse of a self-assembly system owing to the breaking of molecular planarity. Interestingly, two totally opposite self-assembly trends have been detected when a -symmetric chiral gelator was irradiated by a circularly polarized light (CPL) with specific handedness, indicating that CPL could become a powerful tool in modulating the assembly behaviour of the photo-responsive system.

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