Issue 3, 2017

Chirality controlled responsive self-assembled nanotubes in water

Abstract

The concept of using chirality to dictate dimensions and to store chiral information in self-assembled nanotubes in a fully controlled manner is presented. We report a photoresponsive amphiphile that co-assembles with its chiral counterpart to form nanotubes and demonstrate how chirality can be used to effect the formation of either micrometer long, achiral nanotubes or shorter (∼300 nm) chiral nanotubes that are bundled. The nature of these assemblies is studied using a variety of spectroscopic and microscopic techniques and it is shown that the tubes can be disassembled with light, thereby allowing the chiral information to be erased.

Graphical abstract: Chirality controlled responsive self-assembled nanotubes in water

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
04 Jul 2016
Accepted
17 Nov 2016
First published
17 Nov 2016
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 1783-1789

Chirality controlled responsive self-assembled nanotubes in water

D. J. van Dijken, P. Štacko, M. C. A. Stuart, W. R. Browne and B. L. Feringa, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 1783 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC02935C

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