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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Photochemical Action Plots Reveal the Fundamental Mismatch Between Absorptivity and Photochemical Reactivity.

Sarah L Walden, Joshua A Carroll, Andreas-Neil Unterreiner, Christopher Barner-Kowollik

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Chlorine-Free Depolymerization of Commercial PMMA via Oxygen-Centered Radicals.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  4. Mixed-Functionalized Acylgermanes Result in Wavelength-Controlled Fragmentation.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  5. Wavelength-Dependent 3D Printing: Introducing 3D Printed Action Plots.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  10. Precision Photochemistry: Every Photon Counts.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  15. Molecular Steganography Using Multistate Photoswitchable Hydrazones.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  17. Skeletal Editing Strategies Driven by Total Synthesis.Accounts of chemical research · 2025
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  18. Enhancing the Photoswitching Properties ofJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah L WaldenSchool of Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-4010
Joshua A CarrollSchool of Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9169-8253
Andreas-Neil UnterreinerInstitute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-5460
Christopher Barner-KowollikSchool of Chemistry and Physics, Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-0570

Funding

Australian Research Council C.B.K. FL170100014Carl Zeiss FoundationDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft EXC-2082/1-390761711Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last years, the authors' laboratory has employed monochromatic tuneable laser systems to reveal a fundamental mismatch between the absorptivity of a chromophore and its photochemical reactivity for the vast majority of covalent bond forming reactions as well as specific bond cleavage reactions. In the general chemistry community, however, the long-held assumption pervades that effective photochemical reactions are obtained in situations where there is strong overlap between the absorption spectrum and the excitation wavelength. The current Perspective illustrates that the absorption spectrum of a molecule only provides information about electronic excitations and remains entirely silent on other energy redistribution mechanisms that follow, which critically influence photochemical reactivity. Future avenues of enquiry on how action plots can be understood are proposed and the importance of action plots for tailoring photochemical applications with never-before-seen precision is explored.

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absorptionaction plotphotochemistryphotophysicswavelength-dependent reactivity

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PMID37937391
PMCPMC10797470

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