Redox-responsive reverse vesicles self-assembled by pseudo[2]rotaxanes for tunable dye release
Kang-Da Zhang1, Tian-You Zhou, Xin Zhao
1Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Reverse vesicles exhibiting functions similar to those of normal vesicles have been constructed through the self-assembly of TTF/CBPQT(4+)-based pseudo[2]rotaxanes in a nonpolar solvent. The ends of the threads of the pseudo[2]rotaxanes are attached with a Fréchet-type G-3 dendron and a hydrogen-bonded arylamide foldamer. These vesicles exhibit a response to redox. By exploiting the dynamic feature-spontaneously slow disassociation of the pseudorotaxanes-the sustained release of dyes embedded in the reverse vesicles has been demonstrated, which can be further tuned by changing the solvent polarity.
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