ArticleNature communications2023
Breaking the photoswitch speed limit.
Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Engineering Photoswitching Dynamics in 3D Photochromic Metal-Organic Frameworks through a Metal-Organic Polyhedron Design.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Isomerization of spiropyran photoswitches in microphase-separated block copolymers.Science and technology of advanced materials · 2025Article
- Promoting photoswitching in mismatching mixed-linker multivariate ZrRSC advances · 2024Article
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Abstract
The forthcoming generation of materials, including artificial muscles, recyclable and healable systems, photochromic heterogeneous catalysts, or tailorable supercapacitors, relies on the fundamental concept of rapid switching between two or more discrete forms in the solid state. Herein, we report a breakthrough in the "speed limit" of photochromic molecules on the example of sterically-demanding spiropyran derivatives through their integration within solvent-free confined space, allowing for engineering of the photoresponsive moiety environment and tailoring their photoisomerization rates. The presented conceptual approach realized through construction of the spiropyran environment results in ~1000 times switching enhancement even in the solid state compared to its behavior in solution, setting a record in the field of photochromic compounds. Moreover, integration of two distinct photochromic moieties in the same framework provided access to a dynamic range of rates as well as complementary switching in the material's optical profile, uncovering a previously inaccessible pathway for interstate rapid photoisomerization.
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