Issue 87, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Light-controlled ion channels formed by amphiphilic small molecules regulate ion conduction via cis–trans photoisomerization†

Tao Liu,a   Chunyan Bao,*a   Haiyan Wang,a   Yao Lin,a   Huijuan Jiaa  and  Linyong Zhu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130# Meilong Road, Shanghai, P. R. China
E-mail: baochunyan@ecust.edu.cn, linyongzhu@ecust.edu.cn
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Abstract

Light-regulated ion channel-transport across lipid bilayers was realized using structurally simple azobenzene-based amphiphilic small molecules. UV or visible irradiation triggers molecular photoisomerization, which induces structural and membrane affinity changes in self-assembled channels, thus resulting in light-regulated ion transmembrane transport.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC45618H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jul 2013
Accepted
10 Sep 2013
First published
10 Sep 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10311-10313

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Light-controlled ion channels formed by amphiphilic small molecules regulate ion conduction via cis–trans photoisomerization

T. Liu, C. Bao, H. Wang, Y. Lin, H. Jia and L. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10311 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45618H

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