Light-fuelled reversible expansion of spiropyran-based vesicles in water

Supaporn Kwangmettatam, Tibor Kudernac*

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Abstract

We present the design and synthesis of spiropyran-based dynamic vesicles, for which the building block is the amphiphilic merocyanine isomer. Under irradiation with visible light, the photo-conversion of the protonated and charged merocyanine to the neutral spiropyran form leads to the transient and reversible expansion of these vesicles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5311-5314
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume54
Issue number42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25-May-2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • RESPONSIVE MICELLES
  • MOLECULAR SWITCHES
  • DRUG-DELIVERY
  • NANOPARTICLES

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