A shish-kebab-like supramolecular polymer and its light-responsive self-assembly into nanofibers

ChuanShuang Chen; Pei Huang; Hui Pan; Meiwei Qi; Qingsong Xu; Haojie Dai; Yi Ji; Yuling Wang; Chunyang Yu; YongFeng Zhou

doi:10.1039/D0PY01396J

A shish-kebab-like supramolecular polymer and its light-responsive self-assembly into nanofibers†

ChuanShuang Chen,^a Pei Huang,^a Hui Pan,^a Meiwei Qi,^a Qingsong Xu,^a Haojie Dai,^a Yi Ji,^a Yuling Wang,^a Chunyang Yu

^a and YongFeng Zhou

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^a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
E-mail: yfzhou@sjtu.edu.cn

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This work reports on the synthesis and light-responsive self-assembly of a shish-kebab-like supramolecular polymer (SKSP). The SKSP has a linear alternating sequence structure and can self-assemble into nanofibers in water. In addition, the fibers can transform into spherical micelles under UV light due to the trans-to-cis isomerization of the azobenzene groups.

This article is part of the themed collection: Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigators 2021

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A shish-kebab-like supramolecular polymer and its light-responsive self-assembly into nanofibers†

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