Reversible, Red-Shifted Photoisomerization in Protonated Azobenzenes
Jonas Rickhoff, Niklas B. Arndt, Marcus Böckmann, Nikos L. Doltsinis, Bart Jan Ravoo, Luuk Kortekaas
Abstract
-azonium. Although the current conditions render the visible light photoswitch unsuitable for in vivo and material application, the demonstrated understanding of simple azobenzenes paves the way for a great range of further work on this already widely studied photoswitch.
Topics & Concepts
PhotoisomerizationProtonationPhotochemistryChemistryAzobenzeneIsomerizationOrganic chemistryCatalysisMoleculeIonPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchRadical Photochemical Reactions