Recent advances of photoresponsive supramolecular switches

Z Yang, Z Liu, L Yuan - Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive supramolecular switches refer to these host‐guest systems that can be
reversibly shifted between different states by light stimuli. Such photoswitchable systems …

Control of reactivity and selectivity in isomerization and rearrangement reactions inside confined spaces

K Kanagaraj, J Rebek, Y Yu - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the confined space of supramolecular systems, the substrate can be forced into a reactive
conformation and labile intermediates may be stabilized while isolated from the bulk …

Dynamics of anthracene excimer formation within a water-soluble nanocavity at room temperature

A Das, A Danao, S Banerjee, AM Raj… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Excited anthracene is well-known to photodimerize and not to exhibit excimer emission in
isotropic organic solvents. Anthracene (AN) forms two types of supramolecular host–guest …

Multicolor-Luminescence Including White Light by Photomodulation of Supramolecular Assemblies in Aqueous Media

SK Bhaumik, S Banerjee - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photo-responsive supramolecular systems offer intriguing functional aspects which have led
to their applications in diverse fields such as optoelectronics and biomedicine. However, the …

Supramolecular “baking powder”: a hexameric halogen-bonded phosphonium salt cage encapsulates and functionalises small-molecule carbonyl compounds

JM Marrett, HM Titi, Y Teoh, T Friščić - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a hexameric supramolecular cage assembled from the components of a Wittig-
type phosphonium salt, held together by charge-assisted halogen bonds. The cage reliably …

Photochemistry in a capsule: controlling excited state dynamics via confinement

V Ramamurthy - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Exerting control on excited state processes has been a long-held goal in photochemistry.
One approach to achieve control has been to mimic biological systems in Nature (eg …

Spatial confinement alters the ultrafast photoisomerization dynamics of azobenzenes

CJ Otolski, AM Raj, V Ramamurthy, CG Elles - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy reveals new excited-state dynamics following
excitation of trans-azobenzene (t-Az) and several alkyl-substituted t-Az derivatives …

Altered relaxation dynamics of excited state reactions by confinement in reverse micelles probed by ultrafast fluorescence up-conversion

IA Heisler, SR Meech - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions in confined environments are important in areas as diverse as
heterogenous catalysis, environmental chemistry and biochemistry, yet they are much less …

The development and application of opto-chemical tools in the zebrafish

Z Feng, B Ducos, P Scerbo, I Aujard, L Jullien… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The zebrafish is one of the most widely adopted animal models in both basic and
translational research. This popularity of the zebrafish results from several advantages such …

Ultrafast excited state dynamics of spatially confined organic molecules

V Ramamurthy, P Sen, CG Elles - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article highlights the role of spatial confinement in controlling the fundamental
behavior of molecules. Select examples illustrate the value of using space as a tool to …