Supramolecular assembly of dendronized spiropyrans in aqueous solutions into nanospheres with photo- and thermo-responsive chiralities

• DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03729k
• Publication Date: 2023-10-18T13:31:10Z
• Authors: Shanbin Qi; Xueting Lu; Wenli Mei; Guanglei Gu; Wen Li; Afang Zhang

Dendronized spiropyrans assemble in water to form nanospheres with remarkable supramolecular chirality, which can be reversibly tuned through isomerization of spiropyrans or thermal collapse of the dendritic OEGs.