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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2022

Light-Responsive Oligothiophenes Incorporating Photochromic Torsional Switches.

Augustina Jozeliūnaitė, Aiman Rahmanudin, Saulius Gražulis, Emilie Baudat, Kevin Sivula, Daniele Fazzi, Edvinas Orentas, Giuseppe Sforazzini

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Augustina JozeliūnaitėLaboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials, Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aiman RahmanudinLaboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-2108
Saulius GražulisVilnius University, Institute of Biotechnology, Saulėtekio al. 7, LT-10257, Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-9531
Emilie BaudatInstitute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Kevin SivulaLaboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-0270
Daniele FazziDipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi, 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8515-4214
Edvinas OrentasDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Naugarduko 24, LT-0325, Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7257-5634
Giuseppe SforazziniLaboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials, Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-2841

Funding

Fondazione di Sardegna F75F21001250007Research Council of Lithuania S-MIP-22-69Swiss National Science Foundation PZ00P2_148050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a quaterthiophene and sexithiophene that can reversibly change their effective π-conjugation length through photoexcitation. The reported compounds make use of light-responsive molecular actuators consisting of an azobenzene attached to a bithiophene unit by both direct and linker-assisted bonding. Upon exposure to 350 nm light, the azobenzene undergoes trans-to-cis isomerization, thus mechanically inducing the oligothiophene to assume a planar conformation (extended π-conjugation). Exposure to 254 nm wavelength promotes azobenzene cis-to-trans isomerization, forcing the thiophenic backbones to twist out of planarity (confined π-conjugation). Twisted conformations are also reached by cis-to-trans thermal relaxation at a rate that increases proportionally with the conjugation length of the oligothiophene moiety. The molecular conformations of quaterthiophene and sexithiophene were characterized by using steady-state UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and quantum-chemical modeling. Finally, we tested the proposed light-responsive oligothiophenes in field-effect transistors to probe the photo-induced tuning of their electronic properties.

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azobenzeneconjugation tuningmolecular actuatorsoligothiophenestwisted π-system

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PMID36136376
PMCPMC9828566

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