Azobenzene-containing polymer for solar thermal energy storage and release: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

X Xu, J Feng, WY Li, G Wang, W Feng, H Yu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels have attracted enormous research enthusiasm in solar
energy conversion and storage, which can generate high-energy isomers upon harvesting …

Switching from Molecules to Functional Materials: Breakthroughs in Photochromism With MOFs

GC Thaggard, BKPM Kankanamalage… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photochromic materials with properties that can be dynamically tailored as a function of
external stimuli are a rapidly expanding field driven by applications in areas ranging from …

A visible light-activated azo-fluorescent switch for imaging-guided and light-controlled release of antimycotics

Y Huang, X Zeng, X Ma, Z Lin, J Sun, W **ao… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Azo switches are widely employed as essential components in light-responsive systems.
Here, we develop an azo-fluorescent switch that is visible light-responsive and its light …

Self-activated energy release cascade from anthracene-based solid-state molecular solar thermal energy storage systems

S Chakraborty, HPQ Nguyen, J Usuba, JY Choi, Z Sun… - Chem, 2024‏ - cell.com
We introduce donor-acceptor substituted anthracenes as effective molecular solar thermal
energy storage compounds that operate exclusively in the solid state. The donor-acceptor …

Bifunctional energy materials based on cellulose ionic complexes toward low-grade heat and photon energy storage

L Zhang, J Gu, G Zhang, Q Du, H Liu, X Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Discovering energy materials for low-grade heat and photon energy storage would advance
the energy utilization from natural resources. Here, the ionic complexes based on cellulose …

Multicomponent Diversity-Oriented Access to Boronic-Acid-Derived Pyrrolide Salicyl-Hydrazone Fluorophores with Strong Solid-State Emission

C Yu, G Di, Q Li, X Guo, L Wang, Q Gong… - Inorganic …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Fluorescent molecular platforms are highly sought after for their applications in biology and
optoelectronics but face challenges with solid-state emission quenching. To address this …

Carbazole–Benzonitrile–Norbornadiene Conjugates for Photothermally Reversible Ambient Phosphorescence

M Upadhyay, R Deka, D Ray - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Organic photoswitches have attracted significant attention across various fields, such as
sensing, bioimaging, photopharmacology, molecular machines, and solar energy storage …

Visible light activated dendrimers for solar thermal energy storage and release below 0° C

X Xu, C Li, W Chen, J Feng, WY Li, G Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels offer a closed-cycle and renewable energy storage
strategy that can harvest photons within the chemical conformations and release heat on …

Arylazo‐3, 5‐diphenylpyrazole Derivatives: Molecular Probes Exhibiting Reversible Light‐induced Phase Transitions for Energy Storage and Direct Photolithographic …

H Kumar, G Parthiban, A Velloth, J Saini… - … A European Journal, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
We report azopyrazole photoswitches decorated with variable N‐alkyl and alkoxy chains (for
hydrophobic interactions) and phenyl substituents on the pyrazoles (enabling π‐π stacking) …

Aza‐Diarylethenes Undergoing Both Photochemically and Thermally Reversible Electrocyclic Reactions

S Hamatani, D Kitagawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Exploring novel molecular photoswitches plays a crucial role in the field of photo‐functional
materials chemistry. In this study, we synthesized aza‐diarylethenes with benzothiophene …