Self-assembly of benzophenone-diphenylalanine conjugate into a nanostructured photocatalyst
Simone Adorinni, Giulio Goti, Lorenzo Rizzo, Federica Grassi, Slavko Kralj, Fatima Matroodi, Mirco Natali, Rita De Zorzi, Silvia Marchesan, Luca Dell’Amico
Abstract
The conjugation of photoactive benzophenone with diphenylalanine yielded a self-assembling photocatalyst that was probed in the E → Z photoisomerisation of stilbene derivatives.
Topics & Concepts
BenzophenoneConjugatePhotocatalysisChemistryPhotochemistryCombinatorial chemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryCatalysisMathematicsMathematical analysisSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry