Water clusters induced assembly of chiral organic microstructures showing reversible phase transformations and luminescence switching.
Chiral crystalline organic microtubules, microspheres and microleaves are controllably assembled from twisted bispyridyl-based biphenyl and tetrameric water clusters and undergo reversible phase transformations and luminescence switching triggered by water clusters removal and uptake.
Yuan
Guozan
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Zhu
Chengfeng
C
Liu
Yan
Y
Fang
Yu
Y
Cui
Yong
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