The design and manipulation of (multi) functional materials at the nanoscale holds the
promise of fuelling tomorrow's major technological advances. In the realm of …

Molecular photoswitches capable of generating precise pH changes will allow pH-
dependent processes to be controlled remotely and noninvasively with light. We introduce a …

For a long time, starting from pioneering works of M. Irie in the late 80 s and early 90 s of the
last century, photochromic diarylethenes were primarily associated with dithienylethenes …

Metastable-state photoacids (mPAHs) are chemical species whose photo-activated state is
long-lived enough to allow for proton diffusion. Liao's photoacid (1) represents the archetype …

Proton‐responsive photochromic molecules are attractive for their ability to react on non‐
invasive rapid optical stimuli and the importance of protonation/deprotonation processes in …

We report photoswitchable fluorescent hemithioindigos (HTIs) where the metastable E
isomers were stabilized by the proton-bridged intramolecular hydrogen bond. Titration …

Deterministic methods for tuning polymer dispersity are rare, especially for nonradical
polymerizations. Reported here is the first example of photomodulating dispersity in …

Photoacids attract increasing scientific attention, as they are valuable tools to
spatiotemporally control proton‐release reactions and pH values of solutions. We present …

An aromatic oligoamide sequence composed of a light‐responsive diazaanthracene‐based
aromatic β‐sheet flanked by two variable diameter helical segments was prepared …

Bis (dithienylethene)-based BINOL-derived phosphoric acid (DTE-BPA) has been
developed as a light-controlled chiral organocatalyst for the first time. The photoinduced …