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Published on: February 7, 2017
Multistimuli-responsive supramolecular assembly of cucurbituril/cyclodextrin pairs with an azobenzene-containing
Jin Zhao1, Ying-Ming Zhang, He-Lue Sun
1Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 (P.R. China).
Abstract:
A linear supramolecular architecture was successfully constructed by the inclusion complexation of α-cyclodextrin with azobenzene and the host-stabilized charge-transfer interaction of naphthalene and a bispyridinium guest with cucurbit[8]uril in water, which was comprehensively characterized by (1)H NMR spectroscopy, UV/Vis absorption, fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopy, dynamic laser scattering, and microscopic observations. Significantly, because it benefits from the photoinduced isomerization of the azophenyl group and the chemical reduction of bispyridinium moiety with noncovalent connections, the assembly/disassembly process of this supramolecular nanostructure can be efficiently modulated by external stimuli, including temperature, UV and visible-light irradiation, and chemical redox.
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