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SUBMITTER: Huang N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4531826 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Huang Ning N Ding Xuesong X Kim Jangbae J Ihee Hyotcherl H Jiang Donglin D
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20150610 30
Ordered π-columnar structures found in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) render them attractive as smart materials. However, external-stimuli-responsive COFs have not been explored. Here we report the design and synthesis of a photoresponsive COF with anthracene units as the photoresponsive π-building blocks. The COF is switchable upon photoirradiation to yield a concavo-convex polygon skeleton through the interlayer [4π+4π] cycloaddition of anthracene units stacked in the π-columns. This cyclo ...[more]