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.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Guozan
G
Yuan
Chengfeng
C
Zhu
Yan
Y
Liu
Yu
Y
Fang
Yong
Y
Cui