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SUBMITTER: Weber C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4861954 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weber Christopher C Liebig Tobias T Gensler Manuel M Zykov Anton A Pithan Linus L Rabe Jürgen P JP Hecht Stefan S Bléger David D Kowarik Stefan S
Scientific reports 20160510
Next-generation molecular devices and machines demand the integration of molecular switches into hierarchical assemblies to amplify the response of the system from the molecular level to the meso- or macro-scale. Here, we demonstrate that multi-azobenzene oligomers can assemble to form robust supramolecular nanofibers in which they can be switched repeatedly between the E- and Z-configuration. While in isolated oligomers the azobenzene units undergo reversible photoisomerization independently, i ...[more]