Traffic lights for catalysis: Stimuli‐responsive molecular and extended catalytic systems

GC Thaggard, J Haimerl, RA Fischer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advances made in the field of stimuli‐responsive catalysis during the last five years with
a focus on the novel recently‐emerged directions and applications have been surveyed …

Designing carbon dots for enhanced photo-catalysis: Challenges and opportunities

L Zdražil, A Cadranel, M Medved, M Otyepka, R Zbořil… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a fascinating class of nanomaterials with a straightforward design by
means of an organic chemistry toolbox and an unsurmountable potential in the field of …

Photoinduced proton‐transfer reactions for mild O‐H functionalization of unreactive alcohols

S Jana, Z Yang, F Li, C Empel, J Ho… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hexafluoroisopropanol is typically considered as an unreactive solvent and not as a reagent
in organic synthesis. Herein, we report on a mild and efficient photochemical reaction of aryl …

Simultaneous hydrogen generation and exciplex stimulated emission in photobasic carbon dots

J Fang, Y Wang, M Kurashvili, S Rieger… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting is a promising approach to generating sustainable hydrogen.
However, the transport of photoelectrons to the catalyst sites, usually within ps‐to‐ns …

Photobasic transition-metal complexes

O Bysewski, M Sittig, A Winter, B Dietzek-Ivanšić… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition-metal complexes, which exhibit photobasic properties, are highly promising for
chemical applications where the proton abstraction represents one key step. Photobases …

Photochemical O–H functionalization of aryldiazoacetates with phenols via proton transfer

C Empel, S Jana, C Pei, TV Nguyen… - Organic Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report a thorough investigation of the reaction of phenols with
aryldiazoacetates. Mechanistic studies using different spectroscopic methods and …

Photobase effect for just-in-time delivery in photocatalytic hydrogen generation

J Fang, T Debnath, S Bhattacharyya… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a promising nanomaterial for photocatalytic applications. However,
the mechanism of the photocatalytic processes remains the subject of a debate due to the …

Novel, High‐Resolution, Subtractive Photoresist Formulations for 3D Direct Laser Writing Based on Cyclic Ketene Acetals

M Carlotti, O Tricinci, V Mattoli - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Direct laser writing (DLW) is an innovative technology based on two‐photon polymerization
processes which allow the 3D printing of architectures with arbitrary complexity at the (sub) …

Excited state proton transfer from acidic alcohols to a quinoline photobase can be solvated by non-acidic alcohol solvents

JR Hunt, J Hecht, C Goolsby, J Hagihara… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photobases are a type of molecule that become more basic upon photoexcitation and can
therefore be used to control proton transfer reactions with light. The solvation requirements …

Deciphering Photoinduced Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms in Natural and Artificial Photosynthetic Systems on Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales Using X-ray …

LX Chen, J Yano - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Utilization of renewable energies for catalytically generating value-added chemicals is
highly desirable in this era of rising energy demands and climate change impacts. Artificial …