Advances in application of azobenzene as a trigger in biomedicine: Molecular design and spontaneous assembly

HB Cheng, S Zhang, J Qi, XJ Liang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Azobenzene is a well‐known derivative of stimulus‐responsive molecular switches and has
shown superior performance as a functional material in biomedical applications. The results …

Switching it Up: The Promise of Stimuli‐Responsive Polymer Systems in Biomedical Science

Y Shymborska, A Budkowski… - The Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive polymer systems have the ability to change properties or behavior in response
to external stimuli. The properties of responsive polymer systems can be fine‐tuned by …

Controlling motion at the nanoscale: rise of the molecular machines

JM Abendroth, OS Bushuyev, PS Weiss, CJ Barrett - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
As our understanding and control of intra-and intermolecular interactions evolve, ever more
complex molecular systems are synthesized and assembled that are capable of performing …

Controlling dark equilibria and enhancing donor–acceptor Stenhouse adduct photoswitching properties through carbon acid design

JR Hemmer, ZA Page, KD Clark, F Stricker… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A novel library of tunable negative photochromic compounds, donor–acceptor Stenhouse
adducts (DASAs), is reported. Tailoring the electron deficient “acceptor” moiety yielded …

Acylhydrazones as widely tunable photoswitches

DJ Van Dijken, P Kovaříček, SP Ihrig… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Molecular photoswitches have attracted much attention in biological and materials contexts.
Despite the fact that existing classes of these highly interesting functional molecules have …

Azopolymer‐based micro‐and nanopatterning for photonic applications

A Priimagi, A Shevchenko - Journal of polymer science Part B …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Azopolymers comprise a unique materials platform, in which the photoisomerization reaction
of azobenzene molecules can induce substantial material motions at molecular …

Bio‐inspired imprinting materials for biomedical applications

H Chen, J Guo, Y Wang, W Dong, Y Zhao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the recognition mechanism of biological molecules, molecular imprinting
techniques (MITs) are imparted with numerous merits like excellent stability, recognition …

Rapid and reversible optical switching of cell membrane area by an amphiphilic azobenzene

F Höglsperger, BE Vos, AD Hofemeier… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular membrane area is a key parameter for any living cell that is tightly regulated to
avoid membrane damage. Changes in area-to-volume ratio are known to be critical for cell …

Controlled drug release to cancer cells from modular one-photon visible light-responsive micellar system

S SooáOh, G LeslieáBurnett, H TomáSoh… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a one-photon visible light-responsive micellar system for efficient, on-demand
delivery of small molecules. Release is mediated by a novel class of photochromic material …

Multiaddressable photochromic architectures: from molecules to materials

H Nie, JL Self, AS Kuenstler… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multiaddressable architectures comprising light‐responsive photochromic molecules and
different stimuli‐responsive components are appealing platforms for intelligent materials …