Photo-triggered transformation from vesicles to branched nanotubes fabricated by a cholesterol-appended cyanostilbene

• Main Authors: Xing, Pengyao, Chen, Hongzhong, Bai, Linyi, Zhao, Yanli
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Vesicles
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82707; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40302
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cholesterol-appended cyanostilbene was synthesized, which could self-assemble into vesicles accompanied by a aggregation-induced emission effect. Under UV light irradiation, the vesicles gradually merged together to form branched nanotubes. The self-assembly and disassembly processes could be utiliz...