Cyclic azobenzene-containing amphiphilic diblock copolymers: solution self-assembly and unusual photo-responsive behaviors

Beibei Chen; Zhao Wang; Jinjie Lu; Xian Yang; Yong Wang; Zhengbiao Zhang; Jian Zhu; Nianchen Zhou; Yiwen Li; Xiulin Zhu

doi:10.1039/C5PY00246J

Cyclic azobenzene-containing amphiphilic diblock copolymers: solution self-assembly and unusual photo-responsive behaviors†

Beibei Chen,^a Zhao Wang,^b Jinjie Lu,

^a Xian Yang,^a Yong Wang,^c Zhengbiao Zhang,^a Jian Zhu,^a Nianchen Zhou,*^a Yiwen Li*^b and Xiulin Zhu*^a

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^a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China
E-mail: xlzhu@suda.edu.cn, nczhou@suda.edu.cn

^b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
E-mail: yl48@zips.uakron.edu

^c Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
E-mail: yowang@suda.edu.cn

Abstract

A novel amphiphilic diblock copolymer containing cyclic-azobenzene has been synthesized and self-assembled into spherical micelles with triple tunable responses. Interestingly, the multifunctional copolymer and its micellar aggregates show unusual photo-responsive behaviors.

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Cyclic azobenzene-containing amphiphilic diblock copolymers: solution self-assembly and unusual photo-responsive behaviors†

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