Azobenzenes are archetypal molecules that have a central role in fundamental and applied
research. Over the course of almost two centuries, the area of azobenzenes has witnessed …

Development of renewable energy technologies has been a significant area of research
amongst scientists with the aim of attaining a sustainable world society. Solar thermal fuels …

Ultrafast photochemical reactions in liquids occur on similar or shorter time scales compared
to the equilibration of the optically populated excited state. This equilibration involves the …

Azobenzene undergoes trans→ cisisomerization when irradiated with light tuned to an
appropriate wavelength. The reverse cis→ transisomerization can be driven by light or …

Control over molecular motion represents an important objective in modern chemistry.
Aromatic azobenzenes are excellent candidates as molecular switches since they can exist …

A series of azobenzenes was studied using ab initio methods to determine the substituent
effects on the isomerization pathways. Energy barriers were determined from three …

We propose to utilize azobenzene as a nanomolecular switch which can be triggered by
transmitting electrons above threshold biases. The effect is explained by an electron impact …

Amphiphilic polymers are well known for their characteristics to form various self-assembling
structures under proper conditions. Amphiphilic azo polymers, which are amphiphilic …

The photoisomerization of azobenzene in solution was studied experimentally and by
calculations. trans-to-cis and cis-to-trans dynamics are described through broadband …

Reversible optical control of protein structure and function offers the possibility of probing
and manipulating individual proteins within the complex environment of a living cell. As a …