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 (similar to 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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1783-1789 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Chemical Science |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- MOLECULAR CHIRALITY
- SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMERIZATION
- SOLDIERS PRINCIPLE
- HELICAL POLYMERS
- COLUMNAR STACKS
- AMPLIFICATION
- SERGEANTS
- LIGHT
- TRANSCRIPTION
- INDUCTION