Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
feature
article
describes
strategies
for
constructing
supramolecular
aggregates
of
(semi)synthetic
dyes,
particularly
chlorophyll
derivatives
to
mimic
the
photosynthetic
light-harvesting
antennas.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(22), P. 12377 - 12449
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Molecular
photoswitches
are
inherently
lipophilic
and
do
not
spontaneously
dissolve
in
water.
We
describe
the
effect
of
water
on
photochemical
properties
strategies
to
solubilize
organic
apply
them
aqueous
media.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
35(10)
Published: Oct. 14, 2022
Photoresponsive
supramolecular
polymers
are
well-organized
assemblies
based
on
highly
oriented
and
reversible
noncovalent
interactions
containing
photosensitive
molecules
as
(co-)monomers.
They
have
attracted
increasing
interest
in
smart
materials
dynamic
systems
with
precisely
controllable
functions,
such
light-driven
soft
actuators,
photoresponsive
fluorescent
anticounterfeiting
light-triggered
electronic
devices.
The
present
review
discusses
light-activated
used
their
main
photo-induced
changes,
e.g.,
geometry,
dipole
moment,
chirality.
Based
these
distinct
formed
by
exhibit
disassembly
reassembly.
As
a
consequence,
polymerization,
"depolymerization,"
regulation
of
the
lengths
topologies
observed.
Moreover,
light-controlled
functions
polymers,
actuation,
emission,
chirality
transfer
along
length
scales,
highlighted.
Furthermore,
perspective
challenges
future
opportunities
is
presented.
Besides
challenge
moving
from
harmful
UV
light
to
visible/near
IR
avoiding
fatigue,
enabling
biomedical
applications,
include
actuators
helical
motion,
light-modulated
information
transmission,
optically
recyclable
materials,
multi-stimuli-responsive
systems.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
34(16)
Published: Dec. 6, 2021
Diarylethene
(DAE)
photoswitch
is
a
new
and
promising
family
of
photochromic
molecules
has
shown
superior
performance
as
smart
trigger
in
stimulus-responsive
materials.
During
the
past
few
decades,
DAE
achieved
leap
from
simple
to
functional
developed
toward
validity
universal
switching
building
block.
In
recent
years,
introduction
into
an
assembly
system
been
attractive
strategy
that
enables
behavior
blocks
be
manifested
at
level
entire
system,
beyond
unit
itself.
This
assembly-based
will
bring
many
unexpected
results
promote
design
manufacture
generation
advanced
Here,
advances
fabrication
diarylethene
materials
science,
chemistry,
biomedicine
are
reviewed.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: Sept. 5, 2022
Low-molecular-weight
adhesives
(LMWAs)
possess
many
unique
features
compared
to
polymer
adhesives.
However,
fabricating
LMWAs
with
adhesion
strengths
higher
than
those
of
polymeric
materials
is
a
significant
challenge,
mainly
because
the
relatively
weak
and
unbalanced
cohesion
interfacial
adhesion.
Herein,
an
ionic
liquid
(IL)-based
adhesive
high
strength
demonstrated
by
introducing
IL
moiety
into
Y-shaped
molecule
replete
hydrogen
bonding
(H-bonding)
interactions.
The
moieties
not
only
destroyed
rigid
ordered
H-bonding
networks,
releasing
more
free
groups
form
bonds
(H-bonds)
at
substrate/adhesive
interface,
but
also
provided
electrostatic
interactions
that
improved
energy.
synthesized
IL-based
adhesive,
Tri-HT,
could
directly
thin
coatings
on
various
substrates,
up
12.20
MPa.
Advanced
electrical
conductivity,
self-healing
behavior,
electrically-controlled
be
fabricated
combining
Tri-HT
carbon
nanotubes.
Nature Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(6), P. 1024 - 1033
Published: March 8, 2024
Stimuli-responsive
hydrogels
with
programmable
shape
changes
are
promising
materials
for
soft
robots,
four-dimensional
printing,
biomedical
devices
and
artificial
intelligence
systems.
However,
these
applications
require
the
fabrication
of
complex,
heterogeneous
reconfigurable
structures
customizable
functions.
Here
we
report
hydrogel
assemblies
features
by
reversibly
gluing
units
using
a
photocontrolled
metallopolymer
adhesive.
The
adhesive
firmly
attached
individual
via
metal-ligand
coordination
polymer
chain
entanglement.
Hydrogel
containing
temperature-
pH-responsive
showed
controllable
motions
in
response
to
external
stimuli.
To
reconfigure
their
structures,
were
disassembled
irradiating
light;
then
reassembled
heating.
change
structure
reconfiguration
abilities
allow
us
reprogramme
functions
assemblies.
development
reversible
adhesives
provides
strategy
designing
intelligent
robots
user-defined
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
144(13), P. 6019 - 6027
Published: March 27, 2022
Natural
systems
transfer
chiral
information
across
multiple
length
scales
through
dynamic
supramolecular
interaction
to
accomplish
various
functions.
Inspired
by
nature,
many
exquisite
artificial
have
been
developed,
in
which
controlling
the
chirality
holds
key
completing
specific
tasks.
However,
achieve
precise
and
non-invasive
control
modulation
of
these
remains
challenging.
As
a
stimulus,
light
can
be
used
remotely
with
high
spatiotemporal
precision.
In
contrast
common
molecular
switches,
synthetic
motor
act
as
multistate
chiroptical
switch
unidirectional
rotation,
offering
major
potential
regulate
more
complex
Here,
we
present
light-driven
motor-based
polymer,
intrinsic
is
transferred
nanofibers,
rotation
motors
governs
morphology
polymer.
The
resulting
polymer
also
exhibits
light-controlled
aggregation-induced
emission.
These
findings
photochemically
tunable
system
water
pave
way
for
developing
motor-driven
materials.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
501, P. 215561 - 215561
Published: Dec. 12, 2023
The
development
of
colorimetric
and
fluorescent
sensors
continues
apace.
In
this
review,
we
highlight
developments
made
in
area
from
2020
to
2022.
review
is
structured
by
the
different
non-covalent
interactions
used
bind
anions
addition
covering
photoswitchable
systems,
excimers
molecular
logic
gates,
arrays
for
anion
sensing.