Photoreversible switching between assembly and disassembly of a supramolecular polymer involving an azobenzene-bridged pillar[5]arene dimer

Tomoki Ogoshi; Kumiko Yoshikoshi; Takamichi Aoki; Tada-aki Yamagishi

doi:10.1039/c3cc44384a

Photoreversible switching between assembly and disassembly of a supramolecular polymer involving an azobenzene-bridged pillar[5]arene dimer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 9;49(78):8785-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44384a.

Authors

Tomoki Ogoshi¹, Kumiko Yoshikoshi, Takamichi Aoki, Tada-aki Yamagishi

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. ogoshi@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 23964364
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc44384a

Abstract

We report a photo-reversible switching system between assembly and disassembly of a supramolecular polymer consisting of an azobenzene-bridged pillar[5]arene dimer.