title: Reversible pH- and photocontrollable carbohydrate-based surfactants.
abstract: The parallel synthesis and properties of a library of photoswitchable surfactants comprising a hydrophobic butylazobenzene tail-group and a hydrophilic carbohydrate head-group, including the first surfactants to exhibit dual photo- and pH-responsive behavior, is reported. This new generation of surfactants shows varying micelle morphologies, photocontrollable surface tension, and pH-induced aggregation and adsorption.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800 (Australia). Rico.Tabor@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Rico F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Tabor
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sean S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Zoe L E
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pottage
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: Brendan L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
keywords: azobenzene; carbohydrates; photoswitchable; self-assembly; surfactants