Issue 14, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Photochromism in sound-induced alignment of a diarylethene supramolecular nanofibre†

Yasuhisa Hotta,a   Satomi Fukushima,a   Jin Motoyanagib  and  Akihiko Tsuda*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
E-mail: tsuda@harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp

b Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan

Abstract

A photochromic supramolecular nanofibre, composed of a diarylethene derivative, exhibits hydrodynamic alignment upon exposure to the audible sound. The aligned nanofibre outputs linear dichroism (LD), whose wavelength region can be switched reversibly with UV and visible light.

Graphical abstract: Photochromism in sound-induced alignment of a diarylethene supramolecular nanofibre

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09702E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2014
Accepted
06 Jan 2015
First published
06 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 2790-2793

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Photochromism in sound-induced alignment of a diarylethene supramolecular nanofibre

Y. Hotta, S. Fukushima, J. Motoyanagi and A. Tsuda, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2790 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09702E

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