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  • Dissipative self-assembly, which requires a continuous supply of fuel to maintain the assembled states far from equilibrium, is the foundation of biological systems but it remains a challenge to introduce light as fuel into artificial dissipative self-assemblies. Here, the authors report an artificial dissipative self-assembly system that is constructed from light-induced amphiphiles.

    • Xu-Man Chen
    • Xiao-Fang Hou
    • Quan Li
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-8

  • Photocontrollable luminescent molecular switches which combine good luminescence properties with a tunable range of wavelength transformation are rare. Here, the authors report a π-expanded photochromic molecular photoswitch which displays wide emission wavelength variation, high photoisomerization extent, and pure emission color.

    • Xiao Chen
    • Xiao-Fang Hou
    • Quan Li
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-10

  • Dissipative self-assembly can serve as a controllable platform to exhibit temporal processes for various non-stimulus responsive properties but construction of light-fueled dissipative self-assembly structures with transformable morphology to modulate non-photoresponsive properties remains a challenge. Here, the authors report a light-activated photodeformable dissipative self-assembly system in aqueous solution as metastable fluorescent platform.

    • Xu-Man Chen
    • Wei-Jie Feng
    • Quan Li
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 13, P: 1-14

  • Shape morphing materials are usually difficult to operate in a continuous fashion. Nie et al. fabricate stripes with liquid crystalline elastomers that can be given a Möbius-like morphology with seamless material composition, and perpetually driven under photothermally induced actuation.

    • Zhen-Zhou Nie
    • Bo Zuo
    • Hong Yang
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-10