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Wang H, Bisoyi H, Zhang X, Hassan F, Li Q. Visible Light-Driven Molecular Switches and Motors: Recent Developments and Applications. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103906. [PMID: 34964995 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Inspired by human vision, a diverse range of light-driven molecular switches and motors has been developed for fundamental understanding and application in material science and biology. Recently, the design and synthesis of visible light-driven molecular switches and motors have been actively pursued. This emerging trend is partly motivated to avoid the harmful effects of ultraviolet light, which was necessary to drive the classical molecular switches and motors at least in one direction, impeding their employment in biomedical and photopharmacology applications. Moreover, visible light-driven molecular switches and motors are demonstrated to enable benign optical materials for advanced photonic devices. Therefore, during the past several years, visible light-driven molecular switches based on azobenzene derivatives, diarylethenes, 1,2-dicyanodithienylethenes, hemithioindigo derivatives, iminothioindoxyls, donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts, and overcrowded alkene based molecular motors have been judiciously designed, synthesized, and used in the development of functional materials and systems for a wide range of applications. In this Review, we present the recent developments toward the design of visible light-driven molecular switches and motors, with their applications in the fabrication of functional materials and systems in material science, bioscience, pharmacology, etc . The visible light-driven molecular switches and motors realized so far undoubtedly widen the scope of these interesting compounds for technological and biological applications. We hope this Review article could provide additional impetus and inspire further research interests for future exploration of visible light-driven advanced materials, systems, and devices.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hao Wang
- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institue, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, UNITED STATES
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- Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdiscinplary Program, 3273 Crown Pointe Drive, 44224, Stow, UNITED STATES
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Homocianu M. Optical properties of solute molecules: Environmental effects, challenges, and their practical implications. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Li B, Jiang S, Gao J, Wu X, Deng J, Zhang L, Yu Z. Dual Colorimetric/Fluorometric Double-Throw pH-Switches: The Dimroth Rearrangement of N,9-Diaryl 8-Azaadenines. Chempluschem 2020; 84:427-431. [PMID: 31939209 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A library of 12N,9-Diaryl 2-methyl-8-azaadenine (DAMA) compounds was designed and constructed through an aryl-pairing combination strategy for identifying a nucleobase-containing molecular switch that functions by the pH-regulated Dimroth rearrangement. By utilizing 2D thin-layer chromatography/mass spectrometry (2D-TLC-MS), the DAMA compounds were easily screened to identify which compounds could be used as molecular switches. The pH-switching ability of the DAMA was achieved by incorporating the acridine group as the key structural unit, as well as dual-modal colorimetric/fluorometric on/off properties as the probe functions. The real-time tracing of the switching process clearly indicated that the paired aromatics on both terminals of the DAMA molecule play a key role in tuning the switching kinetics.
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- Bo Li
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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Li J, Bisoyi HK, Lin S, Guo J, Li Q. 1,2-Dithienyldicyanoethene-Based, Visible-Light-Driven, Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switch: Rewritable Multimodal Photonic Devices. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16052-16056. [PMID: 31487106 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Reported here is the first example of a 1,2-dithienyldicyanoethene-based visible-light-driven chiral fluorescent molecular switch that exhibits reversible trans to cis photoisomerization. The trans form in solution almost completely transforms into the cis form, accompanied by a 10-fold decrease in its fluorescence intensity within 60 seconds when exposed to green light (520 nm). The reverse isomerization proceeds upon irradiation with blue light (405 nm). When doped into commercially available achiral liquid crystal hosts, this molecular switch efficiently induces luminescent helical superstructures, that is, a cholesteric phase. The intensity of the circularly polarized fluorescence as well as the selective reflection wavelength of the induced cholesteric phases can be reversibly tuned using visible light of two different wavelengths. Optically rewritable photonic devices using cholesteric films containing this molecular switch are described.
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- Juntao Li
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Li J, Bisoyi HK, Lin S, Guo J, Li Q. 1,2‐Dithienyldicyanoethene‐Based, Visible‐Light‐Driven, Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switch: Rewritable Multimodal Photonic Devices. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Juntao Li
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional PolymersMinistry of Education, and College of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary ProgramKent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional PolymersMinistry of Education, and College of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fibers and Functional PolymersMinistry of Education, and College of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary ProgramKent State University Kent OH 44242 USA
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Zhang JQ, Zhang DS, Chen QJ, Xu HB, Kurmoo M, Zeng MH. Thermally Induced trans-to-cis Isomerization and Its Photoinduced Reversal Monitored using Absorption and Luminescence: Cooperative Effect of Metal Coordination and Steric Substituent. Chemistry 2019; 25:5177-5185. [PMID: 30740800 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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For ethene derivatives with large groups the cis-isomer is often quite unstable and unavailable. Herein, we report an exception of two stable coordination complexes, (cis-L)ZnCl2 , starting from trans-1,2-bis(1-R-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethene (R=H, L1; R=CH3 , L2) ligands under solvothermal condition (T ≥140 °C). Using the intensity of the absorption and luminescence spectra as probes we proposed its progressive cis-to-trans reversal upon irradiation with UV light, which was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). Similar results observed in the series of (cis-L2)MII Cl2 [M=Fe (4), Co (5), Ni (6)] demonstrate the universal strategy. The results of PXRD, NMR spectroscopy, ESI-MS and DFT calculations support the above conclusion. NMR spectroscopy indicates that irradiation of 1 converts an optimized 71 % of the cis-isomer to trans, whereas the free trans-L1 ligand transforms to only 15 % cis-isomer under similar conditions.
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- Jun-Quan Zhang
- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of, Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of, Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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- Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR7177, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, 67070, France
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- Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of, Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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Durbeej B, Wang J, Oruganti B. Molecular Photoswitching Aided by Excited-State Aromaticity. Chempluschem 2018; 83:958-967. [PMID: 31950720 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Central to the development of optoelectronic devices is the availability of efficient synthetic molecular photoswitches, the design of which is an arena where the evolving concept of excited-state aromaticity (ESA) is yet to make a big impact. The aim of this minireview is to illustrate the potential of this concept to become a key tool for the future design of photoswitches. The paper starts with a discussion of challenges facing the use of photoswitches for applications and continues with an account of how the ESA concept has progressed since its inception. Then, following some brief remarks on computational modeling of photoswitches and ESA, the paper describes two different approaches to improve the quantum yields and response times of switches driven by E/Z photoisomerization or photoinduced H-atom/proton transfer reactions through simple ESA considerations. It is our hope that these approaches, verified by quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, will help stimulate the application of the ESA concept as a general tool for designing more efficient photoswitches and other functional molecules used in optoelectronic devices.
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- Bo Durbeej
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry, GITAM Institute of Science (GIS), GITAM University, Visakhapatnam-, 530045, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Klaiman S, Cederbaum LS. Barrierless Single-Electron-Induced cis-trans Isomerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:10470-3. [PMID: 26178841 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lowering the activation energy of a chemical reaction is an essential part in controlling chemical reactions. By attaching a single electron, a barrierless path for the cis-trans isomerization of maleonitrile on the anionic surface is formed. The anionic activation can be applied in both reaction directions, yielding the desired isomer. We identify the microscopic mechanism that leads to the formation of the barrierless route for the electron-induced isomerization. The generalization to other chemical reactions is discussed.
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- Shachar Klaiman
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany).
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
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Klaiman S, Cederbaum LS. Barrierless Single-Electron-Induced cis
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Isomerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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