Photoinduced reactions play an important role in the photocycle of fluorescent proteins from
the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family. Among such processes are photoisomerization …

The review describes the photochromic and fluorescent characteristics of various
diarylethene (DAET) derivatives, and presents recent research into their applications. This …

When photoactive molecules interact strongly with confined light modes as found in
plasmonic structures or optical cavities, new hybrid light-matter states can form, the so-called …

Dronpa is a novel GFP-like fluorescent protein with exceptional light-controlled switching
properties. It may be reversibly switched between a fluorescent on-state and a …

Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) simulations have become a
popular tool for investigating chemical reactions in condensed phases. In QM/MM methods …

In commonly studied GFP chromophore analogues such as 4-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-1, 2-
dimethyl-1H-imidazol-5 (4H)-one (PHBDI), the dominant photoinduced processes are cis …

Proteins homologous to green fluorescent protein (GFP) span most of the visible spectrum,
offering indispensable tools for live cell imaging. Structural transformations, such as …

Phototransformable fluorescent proteins (FPs) have received considerable attention in
recent years, because they enable many new exciting modalities in fluorescence …

Reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs) are GFP-like proteins that may be
repeatedly switched by irradiation with light from a fluorescent to a nonfluorescent state, and …

Switchable fluorescent proteins, for which fluorescence can be switched ON and OFF, are
widely used for molecule tracking and super resolution imaging. However, the robust use of …