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- Cyclodextrins (CDs) form inclusion complexes with guest molecules through reversible interactions, playing a key role in supramolecular chemistry.
- The review focuses on light-responsive CD systems that incorporate various photo-sensitive guest molecules, summarizing a decade of research in this area.
- Organized into five sections (vesicles, micelles, gels, capturers, and nanovalves), the article aims to enhance understanding of these systems and aid in their future design.
Article Abstract
Cyclodextrins (CDs), one of the host molecules in supramolecular chemistry, can host guest molecules to form inclusion complexes via non-covalent and reversible host-guest interactions. CD-based light-responsive supramolecular systems are typically constructed using CDs and guest molecules with light-responsive moieties, including azobenzene, arylazopyrazole, o-nitrobenzyl ester, pyrenylmethyl ester, coumarin, and anthracene. To date, numerous efforts have been reported on the topic of CD-based light-responsive supramolecular systems, but these have not yet been highlighted in a separated review. This review summarizes the efforts reported over the past ten years. The main text of this review is divided into five sections (vesicles, micelles, gels, capturers, and nanovalves) according to the formation of self-assemblies. This feature article aims to afford a comprehensive understanding of the light-responsive moieties used in the construction of CD-based light-responsive supramolecular systems and to provide a helpful guide for the further design of CD-based light-responsive supramolecular systems.
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