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Light-activated photodeformable supramolecular dissipative self-assemblies

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  • Xu-Man Chen

    (Southeast University)

  • Wei-Jie Feng

    (Southeast University)

  • Hari Krishna Bisoyi

    (Kent State University)

  • Shu Zhang

    (Southeast University)

  • Xiao Chen

    (Southeast University)

  • Hong Yang

    (Southeast University)

  • Quan Li

    (Southeast University
    Kent State University)

Abstract

Dissipative self-assembly, one of fundamentally important out-of-equilibrium self-assembly systems, can serve as a controllable platform to exhibit temporal processes for various non-stimulus responsive properties. However, construction of light-fueled dissipative self-assembly structures with transformable morphology to modulate non-photoresponsive properties remains a great challenge. Here, we report a light-activated photodeformable dissipative self-assembly system in aqueous solution as metastable fluorescent palette. Zwitterionic sulfonato-merocyanine is employed as a light-induced amphiphile to co-assemble with polyethyleneimine after light irradiation. The formed spherical nanoparticles spontaneously transform into cuboid ones in the dark with simultaneous variation of the particle sizes. Then the two kinds of nanoparticles can reversibly interconvert to each other by periodical light irradiation and thermal relaxation. Furthermore, after loading different fluorophores exhibiting red, green, blue emissions and their mixtures, all these fluorescent dissipative deformable nanoparticles display time-dependent fluorescence variation with wide range of colors. Owing to the excellent performance of photodeformable dissipative assembly platform, the light-controlled fluorescence has achieved a 358-fold enhancement. Therefore, exposing the nanoparticles loaded with fluorophores to light in a spatially controlled manner allows us to draw multicolored fluorescent images that spontaneously disappeared after a specific period of time.

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  • Xu-Man Chen & Wei-Jie Feng & Hari Krishna Bisoyi & Shu Zhang & Xiao Chen & Hong Yang & Quan Li, 2022. "Light-activated photodeformable supramolecular dissipative self-assemblies," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30969-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30969-2
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    1. Emanuele Penocchio & Riccardo Rao & Massimiliano Esposito, 2019. "Thermodynamic efficiency in dissipative chemistry," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-5, December.
    2. Zhi-gang Zheng & Yannian Li & Hari Krishna Bisoyi & Ling Wang & Timothy J. Bunning & Quan Li, 2016. "Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7594), pages 352-356, March.
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    1. Xiao Chen & Xiao-Fang Hou & Xu-Man Chen & Quan Li, 2024. "An ultrawide-range photochromic molecular fluorescence emitter," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.

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