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Diarylethene-powered photo-switching between precipitated nanostrips and dispersed supramolecular polymers

Katsuyuki Murai,a   Honami Matsui,b   Tatsuya Seki,a   Takayuki Umakoshi, ORCID logo b   Christian Ganser, ORCID logo c   Takashi Kajitani,d   Sougata Datta, ORCID logo e   Hiroki Hanayamaf  and  Shiki Yagai ORCID logo *ef  

* Corresponding authors

a Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

b Department of Applied Physics, The University of Osaka, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0817, Japan

c Department of Creative Research, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan

d Core Facility Center, Research Infrastructure Management Center, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan

e Institute for Advanced Academic Research (IAAR), Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
E-mail: yagai@faculty.chiba-u.jp

f Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

Abstract

UV and visible light irradiation reversibly switches diarylethene-based supramolecular assemblies between precipitated, ordered nanostrip aggregates and uniformly dispersed supramolecular fibers in a nonpolar solvent by modulating conformational freedom.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01370H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Mar 2026
Accepted
10 May 2026
First published
11 May 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Diarylethene-powered photo-switching between precipitated nanostrips and dispersed supramolecular polymers

K. Murai, H. Matsui, T. Seki, T. Umakoshi, C. Ganser, T. Kajitani, S. Datta, H. Hanayama and S. Yagai, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01370H

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