Azobenzenes are archetypal molecules that have a central role in fundamental and applied
research. Over the course of almost two centuries, the area of azobenzenes has witnessed …

When fabricating macroscopic devices exploiting the properties of organic chromophores,
the corresponding molecules need to be condensed into a solid material. Since optical …

Natural and artificial autonomous molecular machines operate by constantly dissipating
energy coming from an external source to maintain a non-equilibrium state. Quantitative …

The rational engineering of photoresponsive materials, eg, light-driven molecular motors, is
a challenging task. Here, we use structure-related design rules to prepare a prototype …

Reversible electron reservoir feature of redox non-innocent ligand is an important event from
the broader perspectives of metal–ligand cooperativity in catalysis as well as in introducing …

Azo compounds are widely distributed synthetic chemicals in the modern world. Their most
important applications are as dyes, but, in addition, several azo compounds are used as …

The strong coupling between molecules and photons in resonant cavities offers a new
toolbox to manipulate photochemical reactions. Although the quenching of photochemical …

The design of photoinitiators of polymerization is an active research field and the
development of initiators activable in the visible range and under low light intensity have …

The cis→ trans photo-isomerisation mechanism of azobenzene, after excitation to the nπ*
and ππ* states, is revisited using high-level ab initio surface hopping mixed quantum …

We have developed a simple method for determining the quantum yields of photo-induced
reactions. Our setup features a fibre coupled UV-Vis spectrometer, LED irradiation sources …