Photo and pH Dual‐Responsive Supramolecular Vesicles Based on a Water‐Soluble Tribenzotriquinacene and an Azobenzene‐Containing Amphiphile in Water

We synthesized a new water-soluble tribenzotriquinacene-based hexacarboxylate (TBTQ-C6, or H) which can associate with an azobenzene-containing amphiphile (trans-AZO) to form the H ⊃ trans-AZO supra-amphiphile by host-guest interactions in water. This further self-assembles into photo and pH dual-responsive vesicles. The reversible conversion between vesicles micelles be easily controlled both UV visible light irradiation adjustment. work represents first study of stimuli-responsive TBTQ-based supramolecular vesicles, may have potential applications various fields such as drug delivery systems.