1H-NMR spectra were recorded on a Hermes-Varian Mercury Plus 300 (300 MHz) spectrometer at room temperature. Chemical shifts were recorded in parts per million (ppm) using residual solvent peaks as internal references [MeOH-d4 δ: 4.5 (1H) and DMSO-d6 δ: 2.5]. Electro spray ionization mass spectra for the synthesized ligand molecules were obtained using a Waters (Micromass) LCT® mass spectrometer (Waters, Beverly, MA) similarly as described previously.46 (link) High-resolution Fourier transformed ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectra before and after UV irradiation were obtained on a 7 T LTQ/FT (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA), similarly as described in our previous publication.11 (link) DLS was carried out using a Malvern Zetasizer Nano. All DLS measurements of individual samples were performed three times after 120 sec equilibration.