CO 2-triggered switchable solvents, surfactants, and other materials

PG Jessop, SM Mercer, DJ Heldebrant - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Waste CO2 at atmospheric pressure can be used to trigger dramatic changes in the
properties of certain switchable materials. Compared to other triggers such as light, acids …

Hemithioindigo—an emerging photoswitch

S Wiedbrauk, H Dube - Tetrahedron Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Hemithioindigo (HTI) is an emerging photoswitch with many advantageous properties
compared to the commonly used photoswitches like azobenzenes, spiropyranes, or …

A stimuli‐responsive smart lanthanide nanocomposite for multidimensional optical recording and encryption

X Li, Y Xie, B Song, HL Zhang, H Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A stimuli‐responsive lanthanide‐based smart nanocomposite has been fabricated by
supramolecular assembly and applied as an active material in multidimensional memory …

[HTML][HTML] Spiropyran, chromene or spirooxazine ligands: Insights into mutual relations between complexing and photochromic properties

SV Paramonov, V Lokshin, OA Fedorova - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The review describes photoswitchable molecular receptors based on spiropyran,
spirooxazine, and chromene molecules. The presence of coordination centers in their …

Quantitative photoswitching in bis (dithiazole) ethene enables modulation of light for encoding optical signals

Y Wu, Y Xie, Q Zhang, H Tian, W Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Using one ray of light to encode another ray of light is highly desirable because information
in optical format can be directly transferred from one beam to another without converting …

Multi-responsive photo-and chemo-electrical single-molecule switches

N Darwish, AC Aragones, T Darwish, S Ciampi… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Incorporating molecular switches as the active components in nanoscale electrical devices
represents a current challenge in molecular electronics. It demands key requirements that …

Chemically and mechanically controlled single-molecule switches using spiropyrans

MC Walkey, CR Peiris, S Ciampi… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Developing molecular circuits that can function as the active components in electrical
devices is an ongoing challenge in molecular electronics. It demands mechanical stability of …

Separation of photoactive conformers based on hindered diarylethenes: efficient modulation in photocyclization quantum yields

W Li, C Jiao, X Li, Y Xie, K Nakatani… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Endowing both solvent independency and excellent thermal bistability, the benzobis
(thiadiazole)‐bridged diarylethene system provides an efficient approach to realize …

Photo‐responsive polymeric structures based on spiropyran

L Florea, D Diamond… - … Materials and Engineering, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Spiropyrans are one of the most popular classes of photochromic compounds that change
their optical and structural properties in response to external inputs such as light, protons …

Amidine functionality as a stimulus-responsive building block

JY Quek, TP Davis, AB Lowe - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This mini-review describes basic features and applications of small molecules and
macromolecules containing amidine, and to a lesser extent, guanidine functional groups …