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Light-responsive aggregation of vesicles using host–guest interaction of β-cyclodextrin and diazocine

Ashutosh Kanojiya,a   Anurag Mukherjee,a   Dominik Mählmann ORCID logo ab  and  Bart Jan Ravoo ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Organic Chemistry Institute, University of Münster, Germany
E-mail: b.j.ravoo@uni-muenster.de

b Center for Soft Nanoscience, University of Münster, Germany

Abstract

Reversible aggregation of vesicles in water is triggered by UV light and suppressed with green light. Aggregation is based on light-responsive host–guest interaction of cyclodextrins at the vesicle surface and tripodal diazocine as a supramolecular crosslinker, activated by its conversion to the E-isomer under UV irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Light-responsive aggregation of vesicles using host–guest interaction of β-cyclodextrin and diazocine

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01210H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Feb 2026
Accepted
20 May 2026
First published
21 May 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Light-responsive aggregation of vesicles using host–guest interaction of β-cyclodextrin and diazocine

A. Kanojiya, A. Mukherjee, D. Mählmann and B. J. Ravoo, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01210H

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