Macroscopic motion of supramolecular assemblies actuated by photoisomerization of azobenzene derivatives

Yoshiyuki Kageyama; Naruho Tanigake; Yuta Kurokome; Sachiko Iwaki; Sadamu Takeda; Kentaro Suzuki; Tadashi Sugawara

doi:10.1039/c3cc43488e

Macroscopic motion of supramolecular assemblies actuated by photoisomerization of azobenzene derivatives

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 21;49(82):9386-8. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43488e.

Authors

Yoshiyuki Kageyama¹, Naruho Tanigake, Yuta Kurokome, Sachiko Iwaki, Sadamu Takeda, Kentaro Suzuki, Tadashi Sugawara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. stakeda@sci.hokudai.ac.jp y.kageyama@mail.sci.hokudai.ac.jp.

PMID: 23793067
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43488e

Abstract

Submillimetre size self-assemblies composed of oleate and azobenzene derivatives show forceful motions such as screw-type coiling-recoiling motion by photoirradiation.