Light and cucurbit[7]uril complexation dual-responsiveness of a cyanostilbene-based self-assembled system

Pengyao Xing1, Hongzhong Chen2, Mingfang Ma1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.

Nanoscale
|January 12, 2016
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