Controllable fabrication of supramolecular nanocoils and nanoribbons and their morphology-dependent photoswitching

Yiqun Zhang; Penglei Chen; Lang Jiang; Wenping Hu; Minghua Liu

doi:10.1021/ja805891k

Controllable fabrication of supramolecular nanocoils and nanoribbons and their morphology-dependent photoswitching

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 4;131(8):2756-7. doi: 10.1021/ja805891k.

Authors

Yiqun Zhang¹, Penglei Chen, Lang Jiang, Wenping Hu, Minghua Liu

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China, 100190.

PMID: 19206235
DOI: 10.1021/ja805891k

Abstract

Nanocoils and straight nanoribbons have been controllably fabricated through the interfacial organization of an anthracene derivative. A morphology-dependent photoswitching has been observed. While the nanocoils show no photocurrent response, the straight nanoribbons display a switchable photocurrent upon an on/off illumination.