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Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Donor–Acceptor‐Substituted Butadiene Amphiphiles into Photoresponsive Vesicles and Gels
Author(s) -
Kumar N. S. Saleesh,
Varghese Shinto,
Narayan Gopinathan,
Das Suresh
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602088
Subject(s) - vesicle , chromophore , amphiphile , photochromism , fluorescence , acceptor , chemistry , photochemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer , biochemistry , optics , physics , membrane , condensed matter physics
It all gels well : Amphiphilic donor–acceptor‐substituted butadienes undergo spontaneous concentration‐dependent self‐assembly into highly fluorescent vesicles and gels. The vesicles and gels exhibit light‐induced destruction and self‐repair as a result of the photochromic nature of the butadiene chromophore.