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Thiosemicarbazones as versatile photoswitches with light-controllable supramolecular activity

Bengi Sentürk, Burkhard Butschke, Fabian Eisenreich

2025Chemical Science9 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

intramolecular hydrogen bonding, confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis, and transforms thiosemicarbazones into bistable P-type photoswitches. Additionally, thiosemicarbazones dimerize or form aggregates through hydrogen bonding-a process that can be turned off or on with light. Overall, thiosemicarbazones offer tunable photochromic and supramolecular properties, rendering them a promising photoswitch for creating stimuli-responsive systems.

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Supramolecular chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceMoleculeOrganic chemistryPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
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