title: Thermally assisted photonic inversion of supramolecular handedness.
abstract: Spiraling into control: A photoresponsive supramolecular assembly demonstrates that light, along with heating (Δ) and cooling (), can cause chiral communication between molecules. This effect leads to bias in the helicity of the complex, causing a reversible switching of macroscopic handedness, as shown by a reversal of sign of the circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) that is emitted.
authors.affiliation: Photosciences and Photonics Group, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), CSIR, Trivandrum-695019, India.
authors.forename: Anesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hifsudheen
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furumi
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Ayyappanpillai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ajayaghosh
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D049449:Luminescence; D015394:Molecular Structure; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; C009850:azobenzene