A building-block design for enhanced visible-light switching of diarylethenes

Zhiwei Zhang; Wenhui Wang; Peipei Jin; Jiadan Xue; Lu Sun; Jinhai Huang; Junji Zhang; He Tian

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12302-6

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

A building-block design for enhanced visible-light switching of diarylethenes

Zhiwei Zhang,
Wenhui Wang,
Peipei Jin,
Jiadan Xue,
Lu Sun,
Jinhai Huang,
Junji Zhang,
He Tian

Affiliations

Zhiwei Zhang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology
Wenhui Wang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology
Peipei Jin: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Jiadan Xue: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Lu Sun: Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University
Jinhai Huang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology
Junji Zhang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology
He Tian: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12302-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Development of light-responsive materials imposes a demand on visible-light photoswitching but this is often achieved at expense of photochromic performance. Here the authors use a building-block design to achieve a diarylethene all-visible-light photoswitch with improved photochromic efficiency and enhanced photo-fatigue resistance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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