Photopharmacology is an attractive approach for achieving targeted drug action with the use
of light. In photopharmacology, molecular photoswitches are introduced into the structure of …

Inspired by human vision, a diverse range of light‐driven molecular switches and motors
have been developed for fundamental understanding and application in material science …

Fluorescence microscopy has revolutionised our understanding of biological systems,
enabling the visualisation of biomolecular structures and dynamics in complex systems. The …

Molecular photoswitches transform light energy into reversible structural changes. Their
combination with known pharmacophores often allows for photomodulation of the biological …

Hemiindigoids comprise a range of natural and synthetic scaffolds that share the same
aromatic hydrocarbon backbone as well as promising biological and optical properties. The …

Copper is an essential element in living organisms and the monitoring of copper ions in
aquatic environments and biological systems is of great significance. Inspired by a family of …

A survey of heterocyclic hemithioindigo photoswitches is presented identifying a number of
structural motives with outstanding property profiles. The highly sought‐after combination of …

Diaryl-hemithioindigos (diaryl-HTIs) are derivatives of a novel class of highly functionalized
indigoid chromophores. In this work a systematic study of the electronic effects on their …

Photoswitchable reagents are powerful tools for high-precision studies in cell biology. When
these reagents are globally administered yet locally photoactivated in two-dimensional (2D) …

We report photoswitchable fluorescent hemithioindigos (HTIs) where the metastable E
isomers were stabilized by the proton-bridged intramolecular hydrogen bond. Titration …