We report the discovery of an unprecedentedly large, 2.2 nm diameter, thiolate protected
gold nanocrystal characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography (sc-XRD), Au279 (SPh …

We present a theoretical study dedicated to the optical response properties of a
photochromic dithienylethene molecule physisorbed on gold nanoparticles (NPs). The …

Nucleoside-based diarylethenes are emerging as an especial class of photochromic
compounds that have potential applications in regulating biological systems using …

An accurate computational strategy for studying the structural, redox and optical properties
of thiolated gold nanoclusters (GNCs) using (Time-Dependent) Density Functional Theory is …

Because photochromes act as light-induced molecular switches, there is considerable
interest in exporting their molecular functionality in the solid state in order to develop …

The optical properties of the photochromic 1, 2-bis (2-methyl-5-((4-mercaptophenyl) ethynyl)-
furan-3-yl) perfluorocyclopentene (YnPhT) covalently attached to gold nanoparticles …

Ligands dramatically affect the electronic structure of gold nanoclusters (NCs) and provide a
useful handle to tune the properties required for nanomaterials that have high performance …

Building dimers of organic photochromic compounds paves the way to multifunctional
switches, but such architectures often undergo partial photoreactivity only. Combining …

In order to best employ multiphotochromes as complex molecular gates, each isomer should
ideally have a distinct optical profile to be selectively addressable. In this ab initio DFT and …

The present study explores the optical properties of retinal molecules in presence of small
gold cluster (Au 14), where the cluster motifs are varied through O h, D 2h and C 4v …