Molecular photoswitches in aqueous environments

J Volarić, W Szymanski, NA Simeth… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular photoswitches enable dynamic control of processes with high spatiotemporal
precision, using light as external stimulus, and hence are ideal tools for different research …

Visible light-responsive materials: the (photo) chemistry and applications of donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts in polymer science

M Clerc, S Sandlass, O Rifaie-Graham… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Donor–acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA) photoswitches have gained a lot of attention
since their discovery in 2014. Their negative photochromism, visible light absorbance …

Nonlinear optical responses of photoswitchable donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts

S Dubuis, A Dellai, C Courdurié, J Owona… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
This work combines hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) experiments performed in the NIR
range (1.30 and 1.60 μm) and quantum chemical calculations to provide a comprehensive …

A multi-stage single photochrome system for controlled photoswitching responses

F Stricker, DM Sanchez, U Raucci, ND Dolinski… - Nature Chemistry, 2022‏ - nature.com
The ability of molecular photoswitches to convert on/off responses into large macroscale
property change is fundamental to light-responsive materials. However, moving beyond …

Robust, Ultrafast and Reversible Photoswitching in Bulk Polymers Enabled by Octupolar Molecule Design

L Fang, Z Lin, Y Zhang, B Ye, J Li, Q Ran… - Angewandte …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Improving the photoswitching rate and robustness of photochromic molecules in bulk solids
is paramount for practical applications but remains an on‐going challenge. Here, we …

Enhanced sampling aided design of molecular photoswitches

U Raucci, DM Sanchez, TJ Martínez… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Advances in the evolving field of atomistic simulations promise important insights for the
design and fundamental understanding of novel molecular photoswitches. Here, we use …

Compartmentalizing Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts for Structure–Property Relationship Analysis

CA Reyes, A Karr, CA Ramsperger, ATG K… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The development of photoswitches that absorb low energy light is of notable interest due to
the growing demand for smart materials and therapeutics necessitating benign stimuli …

Donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts: exploring the effects of ionic character

MM Sroda, F Stricker, JA Peterson… - … A European Journal, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The effects of solution‐state dielectric and intermolecular interactions on the degree of
charge separation provide a route to understanding the switching properties and …

In silico discovery of multistep chemistry initiated by a conical intersection: the challenging case of donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts

DM Sanchez, U Raucci, TJ Martínez - Journal of the American …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Detailed mechanistic understanding of multistep chemical reactions triggered by internal
conversion via a conical intersection is a challenging task that emphasizes limitations in …

Ester matters? Promoting photoisomerization of donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts in the solid state and “burn after reading” encryption

X **ong, F Sun, A Gao, Z Wang, Y Duan, Z Yao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Striking towards secret leakage is the key challenge in information encryption. In this work,
we reported a “burn after reading” secrecy system based on the reversible …