Control and modulation of chirality for azobenzene-substituted polydiacetylene LB films with circularly polarized light†
Gang Zou,Hao Jiang,Hideki Kohn,Takaaki Manaka,Mitsumasa Iwamoto
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 08/03/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B909085A
Abstract
Herein, photo-controlled rearrangement of the azobenzene chromophore in the side chains was used to realize enantioselective polymerization and light-triggered reversible switching between opposite chirality for the PDA backbone.
