Synergistic effect of a fluorinated azobenzene for transforming spherical micelles into thread-like micelles with a disk-like cross-section

•A fluorinated azobenzene transforms spherical micelles into cylindrical micelles with a disk-like cross-section.•Thread-like structures formed by the concatenation of disk-like micelles.•Discoidal micelles concatenate forming thread-like structures similar to worm-like micelle structures.