Future‐oriented advanced diarylethene photoswitches: from molecular design to spontaneous assembly systems

HB Cheng, S Zhang, E Bai, X Cao, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diarylethene (DAE) photoswitch is a new and promising family of photochromic molecules
and has shown superior performance as a smart trigger in stimulus‐responsive materials …

Photoswitchable diarylethenes: from molecular structures to biological applications

Z Li, X Zeng, C Gao, J Song, F He, T He, H Guo… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diarylethene (DAE) photoswitches, known for their reversible photoinduced cyclization and
cycloreversion reactions, have shown great promise in various fields such as optical data …

Reversible C═ N Bond Formation Controls Charge-Separation in an Aza-Diarylethene Photoswitch

M Sacherer, S Gracheva, H Maid, C Placht… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Diarylethenes belong to the most eminent photoswitches and have been studied for many
decades. They are found in virtually every field of application and have become highly …

Photoswitchable Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif

B Tang, M Pauls, C Bannwarth… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multiple hydrogen-bonding motifs serve as important building blocks for molecular
recognition and self-assembly. Herein, a photoswitchable quadruple hydrogen-bonding …

Photochromic nucleosides and oligonucleotides

J Bargstedt, M Reinschmidt, L Tydecks… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photochromism is a reversible phenomenon wherein a material undergoes a change in
color upon exposure to light. In organic photochromes, this effect often results from light …

A DNA‐Based Two‐Component Excitonic Switch Utilizing High‐Performance Diarylethenes

SM Büllmann, T Kolmar, NF Zorn… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleosidic diarylethenes (DAEs) are an emerging class of photochromes but have rarely
been used in materials science. Here, we have developed doubly methylated DAEs derived …

A cyanoethylene-containing diarylethene derivative: AIEE, photochromism, and dual sensing cyanide ions

P Yang, P Xi, X Lu, W Zou, C Zheng, S Pu - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
An aldehyde-containing diarylethene parent react with the benzothiazole acetonitrile which
results in a photochromic aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) molecule …

“Click-switch”–one-step conversion of organic azides into photochromic diarylethenes for the generation of light-controlled systems

S Becht, R Sen, SM Büllmann, A Dreuw… - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Diarylethenes (DAEs) are an established class of photochromic molecules, but their effective
incorporation into pre-existing targets is synthetically difficult. Here we describe a new class …

Pd (ii)-catalyzed enantioselective C–H olefination and photoregulation of sterically hindered diarylethenes

G Zhang, X Wu, S Mao, M Li, H Hu, BF Shi… - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sterically hindered diarylethenes with intrinsic chirality have shown great potential in chiral
signal regulation, light-controlled liquid crystals (LCs), etc. Their unique enantiospecific …

Second Generation Zwitterionic Aza‐Diarylethene: Photoreversible CN Bond Formation, Three‐State Photoswitching, Thermal Energy Release, and Facile …

M Sacherer, H Dube - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diarylethenes are a well‐studied and optimized class of photoswitches with a wide range of
applications, including data storage, smart materials, or photocontrolled catalysis and …