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Photoreversible formation of nanotubes in water from an amphiphilic azobenzene derivative.

Diego Navarro-BarredaCésar A Angulo-PachónFrancisco GalindoJuan F Miravet
Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
An anionic azobenzene-appended derivative of L-ValylGlycine self-assembles into nanotubes in water. Irradiation with 365 nm light provokes trans-cis isomerization of the azobenzene unit and subsequent tube disassembly. Thermal or photoinduced (457 nm light) recovery of the trans isomer restores the nanotubes.
Keyphrases
  • photodynamic therapy
  • water soluble
  • light emitting