Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Orthogonal photoswitching in a multifunctional molecular system

  • Michael M. Lerch,
  • Mickel J. Hansen,
  • Willem A. Velema,
  • Wiktor Szymanski,
  • Ben L. Feringa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12054
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While molecular photoswitches have proven useful in many fields, selective and reversible control over multiple switches is an unsolved challenge. Here, the authors report on a system consisting of two classes of photoswitches that can be addressed orthogonally and demonstrate the applicability in phase-transfer control.