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- Title
Light‐Responsive Arylazopyrazole Gelators: From Organic to Aqueous Media and from Supramolecular to Dynamic Covalent Chemistry.
- Authors
Chu, Chih‐Wei; Stricker, Lucas; Kirse, Thomas M.; Hayduk, Matthias; Ravoo, Bart Jan
- Abstract
Versatile photoresponsive gels based on tripodal low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) are reported. A cyclohexane‐1,3,5‐tricarboxamide (CTA) core provides face‐to‐face hydrogen bonding and a planar conformation, inducing the self‐assembly of supramolecular polymers. The CTA core was substituted with three arylazopyrazole (AAP) arms. AAP is a molecular photoswitch that isomerizes reversibly under alternating UV and green light irradiation. The E isomer of AAP is planar, favoring the self‐assembly, whereas the Z isomer has a twisted structure, leading to a disassembly of the supramolecular polymers. By using tailor‐made molecular design of the tripodal gelator, light‐responsive organogels and hydrogels were obtained. Additionally, in the case of the hydrogels, AAP was coupled to the core through hydrazones, so that the hydrogelator and, hence, the photoresponsive hydrogel could also be assembled and disassembled by using dynamic covalent chemistry.
- Subjects
SUPRAMOLECULAR polymers; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR weights; ISOMERS; HYDROGEN bonding; STAR-branched polymers
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 24, p6131
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201806042