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Light‐Responsive Molecular Recognition and Adhesion of Vesicles
Author(s) -
Nalluri Siva Krishna Mohan,
Ravoo Bart Jan
Publication year - 2010
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.201001442
Subject(s) - azobenzene , supramolecular chemistry , isomerization , vesicle , chemistry , bilayer , polymer science , molecule , membrane , biochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Supramolecular glue : The photoinduced isomerization of difunctional azobenzenes can be used to induce and reverse the molecular recognition and adhesion of bilayer vesicles made up of cyclodextrin (CD) molecules. The molecular basis of this light‐responsive supramolecular glue is the cis – trans isomerization of the azobenzene (see picture; black circles CD, green trans ‐azobenzene, red cis ‐azobenzene).