Arylazopyrazole as a photo-switch for controllable self-assembly of pillar[6]arene-based supramolecular amphiphiles

Yishu Yu; Xiaotian Qu; Junran Li; Feihe Huang; Jie Yang

doi:10.1039/d3cc05018a

Arylazopyrazole as a photo-switch for controllable self-assembly of pillar[6]arene-based supramolecular amphiphiles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Nov 30;59(96):14265-14268. doi: 10.1039/d3cc05018a.

Authors

Yishu Yu¹, Xiaotian Qu¹, Junran Li¹, Feihe Huang^{2

3}, Jie Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China. jieyang@njfu.edu.cn.
² Stoddart Institute of Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China. fhuang@zju.edu.cn.
³ Zhejiang-Israel Joint Laboratory of Self-Assembling Functional Materials, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311215, China.

PMID: 37961865
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05018a

Abstract

A photo-responsive host-guest molecular recognition between a cationic pillar[6]arene host and an arylazopyrazole derived guest was established. Based on this novel recognition motif, a photo-controllable supra-amphiphile was constructed. The spontaneous aggregation can be reversibly controlled by irradiation with UV (365 nm) and green light (520 nm), leading to a switch between spherical nanoparticles and vesicle-like aggregates.