Cross-conjugation controls the stabilities and photophysical properties of heteroazoarene photoswitches
Daniel Adrion, Steven A. Lopez
Abstract
Azoarene photoswitches are versatile molecules that interconvert from their E -isomer to their Z -isomer with light.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoswitchAzobenzeneChemistryThiopheneConjugated systemFuranDensity functional theoryPhotochemistryMoleculeComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection