ArticleNature chemistry2022
A multi-stage single photochrome system for controlled photoswitching responses.
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- Wavelength-dependent feedback behavior in light-gated polymersome nanoreactors.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Multistate photoswitches beyond on and off.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Hydrogels Incorporating Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts as a Platform for Photoinduced, On-Off Switchable Release of Small Molecule Cargos.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026Article
- Photogated two conductive pathways of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts in single-molecule junctions.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Reversible Photoswitching of Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts in Water.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Molecular Steganography Using Multistate Photoswitchable Hydrazones.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Development of Parallel On-the-FlyJournal of chemical theory and computation · 2025Article
- Compartmentalizing Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts for Structure-Property Relationship Analysis.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Review
- Self-adaptive photochromism.Science advances · 2024Article
- Recent Advances in Photoswitchable Fluorescent and Colorimetric Probes.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Visible light-responsive materials: the (photo)chemistry and applications of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts in polymer science.Chemical Society reviews · 2023Review
- Tethered together: DASA design towards aqueous compatibility.Chemical science · 2023Article
- Selection of isomerization pathways of multistep photoswitches by chalcogen bonding.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
The ability of molecular photoswitches to convert on/off responses into large macroscale property change is fundamental to light-responsive materials. However, moving beyond simple binary responses necessitates the introduction of new elements that control the chemistry of the photoswitching process at the molecular scale. To achieve this goal, we designed, synthesized and developed a single photochrome, based on a modified donor-acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA), capable of independently addressing multiple molecular states. The multi-stage photoswitch enables complex switching phenomena. To demonstrate this, we show spatial control of the transformation of a three-stage photoswitch by tuning the population of intermediates along the multi-step reaction pathway of the DASAs without interfering with either the first or final stage. This allows for a photonic three-stage logic gate where the secondary wavelength solely negates the input of the primary wavelength. These results provide a new strategy to move beyond traditional on/off binary photochromic systems and enable the design of future molecular logic systems.
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