Photocontrolled Reversible Supramolecular Assemblies of an Azobenzene‐Containing Surfactant with α‐Cyclodextrin

Abstract

Inclusion and exclusion of an azobenzene-containing surfactant with α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) can be used to fabricate photostimulus-responsive vesicle-like aggregates that can undergo assembly and disassembly reversibly (see picture). The movement of α-CD is like that of a molecular shuttle.