title: Multistimuli responsive micelles formed by a tetrathiafulvalene-functionalized amphiphile.
abstract: An electroactive tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-functionalized amphiphile 1 was designed and synthesized to investigate its self-assembling behavior in water. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), (1)H NMR, fluorescence spectrum, and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) studies revealed that amphiphile 1 can form micelle-like aggregates via direct dissolution into water, and the micellar architectures could be disrupted either by addition of chemical oxidant Fe(ClO(4))(3) or by complexation with electron-deficient cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) tetracation cyclophane (CBPQT(4+)) to release encapsulated hydrophobic dye Nile Red from the interior of micelles.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ling-Bao
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ge-Xia
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chen-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Li-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Wu