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Abstract
A photochemically interconvertible supramolecular nanotube-nanoparticle system was
constructed through secondary assembling of self-aggregates of amphiphilic porphyrin
derivatives mediated by trans- and cis-azobenzene-bridged bis(permethyl-β-cyclodextrin).
Significantly, these nanotubes and nanoparticles were able to interconvert upon irradiation
at different wavelengths, and this photocontrolled morphological conversion is reversible
and recyclable for tens of times, which will provide a feasible and convenient way
to construct the ordered nanostructure with various morphologies that can be smartly
controlled by the environmentally benign external stimulus.