Self-Assembly of T-Shaped Aromatic Amphiphiles into Stimulus-Responsive Nanofibers

摘要

Supramolecular assemblies formed by self-associating block molecules have attracted considerable attention as a means of creating well-defined nanostructured materials with tunable properties.Among the nanostructures formed by self-assembly of designed molecules,a 1D fibrillar assembly has proved to be particularly interesting for applications such as nanowires and biomimetic macromolecules.The 1D structures with stimulus-responsive features are likely to further enhance their scope as intelligent materials.Although stimulus-responsive nanostructures have been extensively studied with spherical objects,switching of the properties triggered by external stimuli with 1D fibrillar objects remains challeng-ing.