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. 2017 Jun 13;53(48):6393-6396.
doi: 10.1039/c7cc03188b.

In situ control of polymer helicity with a non-covalently bound photoresponsive molecular motor dopant

Thomas van Leeuwen  1 , G Henrieke Heideman, Depeng Zhao, Sander J Wezenberg, Ben L Feringa
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In situ control of polymer helicity with a non-covalently bound photoresponsive molecular motor dopant

Thomas van Leeuwen et al. Chem Commun (Camb). .

Abstract

The transfer of chirality from a molecular motor to a dynamic helical polymer via ionic interactions was investigated. A dopant with photoswitchable chirality was able to induce a preferred helicity in a poly(phenylacetylene) polymer and the helicity is inverted upon irradiation. The findings described herein will advance the development of functional and responsive polymeric systems.

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