Circularly polarized light modulated supramolecular self-assembly for an azobenzene-based chiral gel.

ABSTRACT: UV light-triggered trans-to-cis 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 C _2v-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.

SUBMITTER: Shao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062391 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature