A new photo switchable azobenzene macrocycle without thermal relaxation at ambient temperature
Nadi Eleya, Souvik Ghosh, Enno Lork, Anne Staubitz
Abstract
An azobenzene macrocycle shows no thermal relaxation of <italic>Z</italic>-isomer at 25 °C, although photochemical switching is facile.
Topics & Concepts
AzobenzeneMaterials scienceRelaxation (psychology)ThermalPhotochemistryCrystallographyPolymerThermodynamicsChemistryComposite materialPhysicsPsychologySocial psychologyPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials