Potential for light-induced separation of critical rare-earth elements

AJ Ferguson, MK Gish - Trends in Chemistry, 2024‏ - cell.com
Current methods for separations of critical rare earth elements (REEs) require multi-step,
waste-generating procedures that lack the ability to selectively separate similarly sized ions …

Stimuli-responsive smart polymers based on functional dyes

K Imato, Y Ooyama - Polymer Journal, 2024‏ - nature.com
Functional dyes exhibit intriguing properties in response to external stimuli related to their
optical, electronic, structural, and energetic characteristics and enable unique stimuli …

A Urease‐Based pH Photoswitch: A General Route to Light‐to‐pH Transduction

NM Ivanov, AI Slivkov, WTS Huck - Angewandte Chemie, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
New approaches for the integration of chemical and physical stimuli to control the dynamics
of artificial enzymatic reaction networks (ERNs) are needed. Here, we present a general …

Visible‐Light‐Driven Solid‐State Fluorescent Photoswitches for High‐Level Information Encryption

Z Han, M He, G Wang, JM Lehn… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Develo** visible‐light‐driven fluorescent photoswitches in the solid state remains an
enormous challenge in smart materials. Such photoswitches are obtained from …

General strategy for boosting the performance of speed-tunable rotary molecular motors with visible light

J Sheng, CLF van Beek, CN Stindt, W Danowski… - Science …, 2025‏ - science.org
Light-driven molecular rotary motors perform chirality-controlled unidirectional rotations
fueled by light and heat. This unique function renders them appealing for the construction of …

Modulation of the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular confinement

D Doellerer, AK Rückert, S Doria, M Hilbers… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Here we present the formation of an iminothioindoxyl (ITI)⊂ Cage complex that retains the
photochemical properties of the photoswitch within a confined environment in water. At the …

Reversible Isomerization of Stiff-Stilbene by an Oriented External Electric Field

R Wang, Y Li, S Yan, Z Zhang, C Lian… - Journal of the …, 2025‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding and effectively controlling molecular conformational changes are essential
for develo** responsive and dynamic molecular systems. Here, we report that an oriented …

Thiosemicarbazones as versatile photoswitches with light-controllable supramolecular activity

B Sentürk, B Butschke, F Eisenreich - Chemical Science, 2025‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Using photoswitchable molecules to manipulate supramolecular interactions under light
illumination has driven advancements in numerous fields, allowing for the strategic …

Switching Sides: Regiochemistry and Functionalization Dictate the Photoswitching Properties of Imines

J Wu, L Kreimendahl… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photoswitchable imines demonstrate light‐dependent dynamic covalent chemistry and can
function as molecular ratchets. However, the design of aryliminopyrazoles (AIPs) has been …

Main-chain stiff-stilbene photoswitches in solution, in bulk, and at surfaces

N Kaneda, K Imato, A Sasaki, R Tanaka, I Imae… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular photoswitches have been incorporated into polymer backbones to control the
macromolecular conformations by structural changes of the main-chain photoswitches …