Franco King Chi Leung

TL;DR: This work describes the macroscopic contractile muscle-like motion of a supramolecular system formed by the hierarchical self-assembly of a photoresponsive amphiphilic molecular motor that supports large-amplitude motion, fast response, precise control over shape, as well as weight-lifting experiments in water and air.

TL;DR: The design of photoresponsive molecular amphiphiles, their self‐assembled structures in aqueous media and at air–water interfaces, and various approaches to arrive at adaptive and dynamic functions in isotropic and anisotropic systems, including motion at the air-water interface, foam formation, reversible nanoscale assembly, and artificial muscle function are discussed.

TL;DR: A robust, solid porous material made from tetraphenylmethane and a photoswitchable overcrowded alkene exhibits nearly quantitative photoisomerization in the bulk and in photomodulation of gas uptake.

TL;DR: In this paper, photoresponsive stiff-stilbene-based bis-urea monomers whose trans isomers readily form supramolecular polymers in a wide range of organic solvents, enabling fast light-triggered depolymerization-polymerization and reversible gel formation.

TL;DR: In this article, a supramolecular scaffold based on tripodal triptycene assemblies is presented, which enables functional molecular units to assemble into a highly oriented, multilayered 2D structure on solid substrates.