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Mutoh K, Kobayashi Y, Nakashima T. A Hexaarylbiimidazole-Terarylene Hybrid: Visible-to-NIR-II Absorption via Sequential Photochromic Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202410115. [PMID: 38894673 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202410115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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A synergetic interaction between two or more photochromic chromophores has a potential to achieve advanced photochemical properties beyond conventional photochromic molecules and to realize photochemical control of complex systems using only a single molecule. Herein, we report a hybrid photochromic molecule consisting of hexaarylbiimidazole (HABI) and terarylene that exhibits multi-state photochromism. The biphotochrome hybrid shows four-state photochromic reaction involving sequentially proceeding photoreactions. The UV or visible light irradiation to the biphotochrome leads to the C-N bond breaking reaction of the HABI in preference to the ring-closing reaction of the 6π-electron system in the terarylene unit, leading to two terarylene radical molecules. The photogenerated terarylene radical further exhibits the 6π-electrocyclization reaction by UV irradiation. The delocalized π-radical on the closed-ring form of the terarylene is efficient to enhance the photosensitivity to the NIR-I and -II region. Furthermore, a recombination reaction of radicals between the open- and closed-ring isomers of terarylene affords an unprecedented photochromic dimer as a structural isomer of the initial molecule. This is a consequence of the sequential hybrid photochromic system involving the HABI and terarylene units.
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- Katsuya Mutoh
- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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Okayasu Y, Miyahara T, Shimada R, Nagai Y, Sakamoto A, Abe J, Kobayashi Y. Photochromic dinuclear iridium(III) complexes having phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex derivatives. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37368414 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02208k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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We demonstrate that the phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex (PIC), which is a rate-tunable fast photoswitch, can be used as a ligand that directly coordinates with iridium (III) ions. The iridium complexes show the characteristic photochromic reactions originating from the PIC moiety, whereas the behaviour of transient species is substantially different from that of the PIC.
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- Yoshinori Okayasu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Ito H, Mutoh K, Abe J. Bridged-Imidazole Dimer Exhibiting Three-State Negative Photochromism with a Single Photochromic Unit. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:6498-6506. [PMID: 36888966 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
Abstract
Photochromic molecules that can exhibit multiple states of photochromism in a single photochromic unit are considered more attractive than traditional bistable photochromic molecules because they can offer more versatility and control in photoresponsive systems. We have synthesized a negative photochromic 1-(1-naphthyl)pyrenyl-bridged imidazole dimer (NPy-ImD) that has three different isomers: a colorless isomer, 6MR, a blue-colored isomer, 5MR-B, and a red-colored isomer, 5MR-R. NPy-ImD can interconvert between these isomers via a short-lived transient biradical, BR, upon photoirradiation. 5MR-R is the most stable isomer, and the energy levels of 6MR, 5MR-B, and BR are relatively close to each other. The colored isomers 5MR-R and 5MR-B are photochemically isomerized to 6MR via the short-lived BR upon irradiation with blue light and red light, respectively. The absorption bands of 5MR-R and 5MR-B are well separated by more than 150 nm, with a small overlap, which means they can be selectively excited with different light sources, visible light for 5MR-R and NIR light for 5MR-B. The colorless isomer 6MR is formed from the short-lived BR through a kinetically controlled reaction. 6MR and 5MR-B can then be converted to the more stable isomer 5MR-R through a thermodynamically controlled reaction, which is facilitated by the thermally accessible intermediate, BR. Notably, 5MR-R photoisomerizes to 6MR when irradiated with CW-UV light, whereas it photoisomerizes to 5MR-B by a two-photon process when irradiated with nanosecond UV laser pulses.
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- Hiroki Ito
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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We report the development of the stepwise photochromic imidazole dimer bridged by a sulfur atom. The one-photon absorption leads to the generation of the colored biradical species, which rapidly recombines to the initial imidazole dimer following first-order reaction kinetics. The further photochemical reaction of the biradical species produces the long-lived colored species, which shows intermolecular dimerization.
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- Katsuya Mutoh
- Department of Chemistry, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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Ito H, Yoshioka D, Hamada M, Okamoto T, Kobori Y, Kobayashi Y. Photochromism of colloidal ZnO nanocrystal powders under ambient conditions. PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN PHOTOCHEMISTRY ASSOCIATION AND THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOBIOLOGY 2022; 21:1781-1791. [PMID: 35776411 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-022-00256-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystals (NCs) exhibit photochromic reactions under specific conditions upon ultraviolet light irradiation. Since the color is originated from the excited electrons at the conduction band of ZnO NCs, the photoinduced absorption is observed only in the solution with hole acceptors under inert conditions. ZnO is earth-abundant and less toxic than many other substances, and has been widely used in various industrial fields. If the photochromic reaction of ZnO can be observed consistently under ambient conditions, the material may pave the way for large-scale photochromic applications such as in pigments, windows, and building materials in addition to conventional photochromic applications. In this study, we synthesize hydrophilic ZnO NCs and observe the solid-state photochromic reactions in the visible to mid-infrared regions even in humid-air conditions. We reveal that the coloration of powders of ZnO NCs under ambient conditions originates mainly from two factors: (1) charge separation induced by hole trapping by water molecules adsorbed on the surface of NCs, and (2) deceleration of the reactions involving the electrons in the conduction band of ZnO NCs with molecular oxygen and the adsorbed water molecules.
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- Hiroki Ito
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Kobe City College of Technology, Kobe, 651-2194, Japan
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- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
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Excitation wavelength- and intensity-dependent stepwise two-photon-induced photochromic reaction. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2022; 21:1445-1458. [PMID: 35527290 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-022-00234-y] [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: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The photochromic molecules showing wavelength-selective or light intensity-dependent photoresponse are receiving increased attention in recent years. Although a photoswitch with a single chromophore can control the ON and OFF states of a function, that consisting of multi-chromophores would be useful for the specific control in complex systems. Herein, we designed stepwise two-photon induced photochromic molecules (PABI-PIC and PABI-PIC2) consisting of two different photochromic units (PABI and PIC). One-photon absorption reaction in the UV light region of PABI-PIC generates the short-lived transient biradical (BR) that absorbs an additional photon in the visible and UV light region in a stepwise manner to produce the two-photon photochemical product, the quinoidal species (Quinoid). The photochromic properties of these transient species are completely different in color and fading speed. In addition, PABI-PIC also shows the excitation wavelength-dependent photochromism because the excited states of the PABI and PIC units are electronically orthogonal. Therefore, the stepwise photochromic properties of PABI-PIC are easily controlled depending on the excitation light intensity and wavelength. These molecular designs are important for the development of advanced photoresponsive materials.
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Kawanishi Y, Segawa Y, Mutoh K, Abe J, Kobayashi Y. A photochromic carbazolyl-imidazolyl radical complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4997-5000. [PMID: 35362498 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01196d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A carbazole-incorporated photochromic radical complex is synthesized. The long-wavelength photosensitivity of the photochromic reaction of the molecule is enhanced up to ∼580 nm by substituting a triphenylamine group into the 3-position of the carbazole moiety. These photochromic reactions are investigated by subpicosecond-to-microsecond transient absorption measurements.
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- Yasuki Kawanishi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Structural Molecular Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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Kobayashi Y, Abe J. Recent advances in low-power-threshold nonlinear photochromic materials. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:2397-2415. [PMID: 35262107 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs01144h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Incoherent nonlinear photophysical and photochemical processes based on stepwise two-photon absorption (2PA) processes have been recently used in materials science owing to their unique photoresponses beyond one-photon processes and lower power thresholds to induce the processes than those of coherent nonlinear optical processes. Among them, nonlinear photochromic materials have received considerable attention because they exhibit unconventional photoresponses compared with other incoherent nonlinear processes such as low-power-threshold nonlinear photoresponses with unimolecular systems, gated photochemical reactions and oxygen-insensitive nonlinear photoresponses. Nonlinear photochromic materials are important not only for colorimetric materials, but also for emergent materials that can enrich the next-generation society such as dynamic holographic materials, which are promising for three-dimensional displays. In this tutorial review, we introduce low-power-threshold nonlinear photochromic materials using stepwise 2PA processes. First, we explain the fundamental concepts of photochemistry as well as photochromic reactions. We attempt to provide an intuitive understanding of incoherent nonlinear optical processes using these fundamental concepts. Then, we introduce several recent examples and potential applications of nonlinear photochromic materials. This tutorial review is important for understanding the scientific progress related to these fields and provides a simple unified picture of the incoherent nonlinear optical properties of different types of photofunctional materials.
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- Yoichi Kobayashi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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Xiao X, Tian W, Imran M, Cao H, Zhao J. Controlling the triplet states and their application in external stimuli-responsive triplet-triplet-annihilation photon upconversion: from the perspective of excited state photochemistry. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:9686-9714. [PMID: 34263286 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00162k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The property of organic light-responsive materials is determined by their electronic excited states to a large extent, for instance, the radiative decay rate constants, redox potentials, and lifetimes. Tuning the excited state properties with external stimuli will lead to versatile functional materials; a representative example is the fluorescence molecular probes, in which the singlet excited states are controlled by the external stimuli, i.e., by interaction with the analytes. In comparison, controlling the triplet excited state with external stimuli has been rarely reported, although it is also crucial for the development of novel materials for targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) reagents and phosphorescent molecular probes. The reported results show that the principles used in singlet excited state tuning are unable to be simply applied to the triplet excited state. In this review article, we summarized the recent results on controlling the triplet excited states by the external stimuli (chemical or light), and the application of the triplet state tuning in the chemical/light controllable triplet-triplet-annihilation upconversion (TTA UC). We discussed the methods for the control of the triplet states, as well as singlet excited state, for the purpose of controlling the TTA UC. Both successful and unsuccessful methods are discussed. This information is helpful for understanding the photophysical processes in which the triplet excited state is involved, and the development of novel external stimuli-responsive triplet photosensitizers.
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- Xiao Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China.
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Nishijima M, Mutoh K, Abe J. A Qualitative Measure of Diradical Character Based on Radical–Radical Coupling Reaction. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.210267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Moe Nishijima
- Department of Chemistry, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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Lu RQ, Zhuo YZ, Bao YH, Yang LL, Qu H, Tang X, Wang XC, Li ZH, Cao XY. Cyclopentadienone Derivative Dimers as Tunable Photoswitches. Chemistry 2021; 27:7882-7886. [PMID: 33780575 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100070] [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: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A series of photoswitchable cyclopentadienone derivative dimers bearing bromo, thienyl, 4-(dimethylamino)phenyl, 3-pyridinyl, 4-nitrophenyl and cyano groups was designed and facilely synthesized. Photoswitching properties such as the photoconversions in the photostationary state (PSS), the thermal kinetics and thermal half-lives of photoisomers were systematically investigated. These photoswitches show high fatigue resistance and large photoconversions in the PSS. This work proves that the photoswitching properties of photoswitches based on cyclopentadienone dimers can be tuned by substitution groups and also pave the way to functionalize the cyclopentadienone derivative dimer-based photoswitch, which is important for its future applications.
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- Ru-Qiang Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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Kawanishi Y, Mutoh K, Abe J, Kobayashi Y. Extending the Lifetimes of Charge Transfer States Generated by Photoinduced Heterolysis of Photochromic Radical Complexes. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yasuki Kawanishi
- Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Nojihigashi Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Nojihigashi Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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Yoshioka D, Fukuda D, Kobayashi Y. Green and far-red-light induced electron injection from perylene bisimide to wide bandgap semiconductor nanocrystals with stepwise two-photon absorption process. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:1823-1831. [PMID: 33434250 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr08493j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Stepwise two-photon absorption (2PA) processes are becoming an important technique because it can achieve high reductive photochemical reactions with visible and near infrared light and intensity-gated high spatiotemporal selectivity with much lower power thresholds than those of the simultaneous 2PA. However, excited states generated by stepwise 2PA (higher excited states and excited states of transient species) are so short-lived that the efficiency for the stepwise 2PA induced photochemical reactions is usually quite low, which limits the versatility for this technique. Here, we demonstrated that the electron of the higher excited state can be efficiently extracted in a nanohybrid of organic molecules and wide bandgap semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). Using perylene bisimide (PBI)-coordinated CdS NCs as a model compound, we demonstrated that the electron of the higher excited state of PBI generated by stepwise 2PA can be extracted to the conduction band of CdS NCs with a quantum yield of ∼0.5-0.7. Moreover, the extracted electron survives at the conduction band of CdS NCs over nanoseconds, which is more than hundred times longer than the lifetime of the S2 state of PBI. This method can be applied to other organic molecules and larger wide bandgap semiconductors, and therefore, will expand the versatility for the photochemical reactions utilizing the short-lived excited states.
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- Daisuke Yoshioka
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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Usui R, Yamamoto K, Okajima H, Mutoh K, Sakamoto A, Abe J, Kobayashi Y. Photochromic Radical Complexes That Show Heterolytic Bond Dissociation. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10132-10142. [PMID: 32363867 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Photochromic materials have been widely used in various research fields because of their variety of photoswitching properties based on various molecular frameworks and bond breaking processes, such as homolysis and heterolysis. However, while a number of photochromic molecular frameworks have been reported so far, there are few reports on photochromic molecular frameworks that show both homolysis and heterolysis depending on the substituents with high durability. The biradicals and zwitterions generated by homolysis and heterolysis have different physical and chemical properties and different potential applications. Therefore, the rational photochromic molecular design to control the bond dissociation in the excited state on demand expands the versatility for photoswitch materials beyond the conventional photochromic molecular frameworks. In this study, we synthesized novel photochromic molecules based on the framework of a radical-dissociation-type photochromic molecule: phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex (PIC). While the conventional PIC shows the photoinduced homolysis, the substitution of a strong electron-donating moiety to the phenoxyl moiety enables the bond dissociation process to be switched from homolysis to heterolysis. This study gives a strategy for controlling the bond dissociation process of the excited state of photochromic systems, and the strategy enables us to develop further novel radical and zwitterionic photoswitches.
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- Ryosuke Usui
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Hassan Z, Spuling E, Knoll DM, Bräse S. Regioselective Functionalization of [2.2]Paracyclophanes: Recent Synthetic Progress and Perspectives. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:2156-2170. [PMID: 31283092 PMCID: PMC7003812 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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[2.2]Paracyclophane (PCP) is a prevalent scaffold that is widely utilized in asymmetric synthesis, π-stacked polymers, energy materials, and functional parylene coatings that finds broad applications in bio- and materials science. In the last few years, [2.2]paracyclophane chemistry has progressed tremendously, enabling the fine-tuning of its structural and functional properties. This Minireview highlights the most important recent synthetic developments in the selective functionalization of PCP that govern distinct features of planar chirality as well as chiroptical and optoelectronic properties. Special focus is given to the function-inspired design of [2.2]paracyclophane-based π-stacked conjugated materials by transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Current synthetic challenges, limitations, as well as future research directions and new avenues for advancing cyclophane chemistry are also summarized.
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- Zahid Hassan
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
- 3DMM2O—Cluster of ExcellenceInstitute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Fritz-Haber-Weg 676131KarlsruheGermany
- 3DMM2O—Cluster of ExcellenceInstitute of Organic Chemistry (IOC)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Germany
- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics (ITG)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 176344Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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Sotome H, Une K, Nagasaka T, Kobatake S, Irie M, Miyasaka H. A dominant factor of the cycloreversion reactivity of diarylethene derivatives as revealed by femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:034301. [PMID: 31968954 DOI: 10.1063/1.5134552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dynamics of the cycloreversion reaction of a photochromic diarylethene derivative with a small ring-opening reaction yield (∼1%) was investigated by using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The reaction rate constant and activation barrier on the reaction coordinate were quantitatively analyzed on the basis of the temperature and excitation wavelength dependencies of the reaction yield and excited state dynamics. From the comparison of the present results with those in a more reactive derivative, we concluded that a key factor regulating the overall reaction yield is the branching ratio at the conical intersection where the excited state population is split into the product and the initial reactant. The excitation wavelength dependence of the dynamics indicated that the geometrical relaxation and vibrational cooling proceed in a few picosecond time scale behind the cycloreversion process, and the vibrational excess energy assists the molecule to climb up the energy barrier.
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- Hikaru Sotome
- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Hassan Z, Spuling E, Knoll DM, Bräse S. Regioselektive Funktionalisierung von [2.2]Paracyclophanen: aktuelle Synthesefortschritte und Perspektiven. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Zahid Hassan
- Institut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Deutschland
- 3DMM2O – ExzellenzclusterInstitut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Deutschland
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- Institut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Fritz-Haber-Weg 6 76131 Karlsruhe Deutschland
- 3DMM2O – ExzellenzclusterInstitut für Organische Chemie (IOC)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Deutschland
- Institut für Toxikologie und Genetik (ITG)Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Deutschland
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Mutoh K, Abe J. Photosynergetic Response of High-Performance Fast Photochromic Molecules Based on Imidazolyl Radicals. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2019. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.77.482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
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Toshimitsu S, Shima K, Mutoh K, Kobayashi Y, Abe J. Rational Molecular Designs for Controlling Photochromism: Thermally Activated Valence Isomerization of Phenoxyl‐Imidazolyl Radical Complexes. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201800243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Shota Toshimitsu
- Department of Chemistry School of Science and Engineering Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry School of Science and Engineering Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry School of Science and Engineering Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry College of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry School of Science and Engineering Aoyama Gakuin University 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-5258 Japan
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Uno T, Koga M, Sotome H, Miyasaka H, Tamai N, Kobayashi Y. Stepwise Two-Photon-Induced Electron Transfer from Higher Excited States of Noncovalently Bound Porphyrin-CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanocrystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:7098-7104. [PMID: 30452267 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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There has been an increasing amount of interest in stepwise two-photon-absorption (2PA)-induced photochemical reactions because of their extremely lower power thresholds compared to that of the simultaneous process and drastic reaction enhancements in some cases. However, stepwise 2PA-induced photochemical reactions were reported only in single chromophores and covalently bound bichromophores and there are few reports on these reactions in noncovalently bound systems because of weak electronic interactions among chromophores. This study demonstrated the stepwise 2PA-induced electron transfer from higher excited states in noncovalently bound protoporphyrin IX·CdS/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals (NCs). The electron transfer from higher excited states of porphyrin to CdS NCs successfully overcomes the activation barrier associated with the wide bandgap ZnS shell, indicating that a high reduction potential can be obtained with the stepwise 2PA process. The concept presented in this study can be applied to various noncovalently bound multichromophore systems to explore nonlinear photoresponses.
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- Takuma Uno
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences , Ritsumeikan University , 1-1-1 Noji-higashi , Kusatsu , Shiga 525-8577 , Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka , Osaka 560-8531 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology , Kwansei Gakuin University , 2-1 Gakuen , Sanda , Hyogo 669-1337 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences , Ritsumeikan University , 1-1-1 Noji-higashi , Kusatsu , Shiga 525-8577 , Japan
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Shao B, Baroncini M, Qian H, Bussotti L, Di Donato M, Credi A, Aprahamian I. Solution and Solid-State Emission Toggling of a Photochromic Hydrazone. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:12323-12327. [PMID: 30251843 PMCID: PMC6693799 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The proliferation of light-activated switches in recent years has enabled their use in a broad range of applications encompassing an array of research fields and disciplines. All current systems, however, have limitations (e.g., from complicated synthesis to incompatibility in biologically relevant media and lack of switching in the solid-state) that can stifle their real-life application. Here we report on a system that packs most, if not all, the desired, targeted and sought-after traits from photochromic compounds (bistability, switching in various media ranging from serum to solid-state, while exhibiting ON/OFF fluorescence emission switching, and two-photon assisted near-infrared light toggling) in an easily accessible structure.
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- Baihao Shao
- Department
of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Center
for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- LENS
− European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, via N. Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- INO
− Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy
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- LENS
− European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, via N. Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
- INO
− Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo Enrico Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Center
for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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Nagasaka T, Kunishi T, Sotome H, Koga M, Morimoto M, Irie M, Miyasaka H. Multiphoton-gated cycloreversion reaction of a fluorescent diarylethene derivative as revealed by transient absorption spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:19776-19783. [PMID: 29876548 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01467a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The one- and two-photon cycloreversion reactions of a fluorescent diarylethene derivative with oxidized benzothiophene moieties were investigated by means of ultrafast laser spectroscopy. Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy under the one-photon excitation condition revealed that the excited closed-ring isomer is simply deactivated into the initial ground state with a time constant of 2.6 ns without remarkable cycloreversion, the results of which are consistent with the very low cycloreversion reaction yield (<10-5) under steady-state light irradiation. On the other hand, an efficient cycloreversion reaction was observed under irradiation with a picosecond laser pulse at 532 nm. The excitation intensity dependence of the cycloreversion reaction indicates that a highly excited state attained by the stepwise two-photon absorption is responsible for the marked increase of the cycloreversion reaction, and the quantum yield at the highly excited state was estimated to be 0.018 from quantitative analysis, indicating that the reaction is enhanced by a factor of >1800.
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- Tatsuhiro Nagasaka
- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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Takeshita T, Hara M. Photoionization and trans-to-cis isomerization of β-cyclodextrin-encapsulated azobenzene induced by two-color two-laser-pulse excitation. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 193:475-479. [PMID: 29289746 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Azobenzene (1) and the complex resulting from the incorporation of 1 with cyclodextrin (1/CD) are attractive for light-driven applications such as micromachining and chemical biology tools. The highly sensitive photoresponse of 1 is crucial for light-driven applications containing both 1 and 1/CD to reach their full potential. In this study, we investigated the photoionization and trans-to-cis isomerization of 1/CD induced by one- and two-color two-laser pulse excitation. Photoionization of 1/CD, which was induced by stepwise two-photon absorption, was observed using laser pulse excitation at 266nm. Additionally, simultaneous irradiation with 266 and 532nm laser pulses increased the trans-to-cis isomerization yield (Υt→c) by 27%. It was concluded that the increase in Υt→c was caused by the occurrence of trans-to-cis isomerization in the higher-energy singlet state (Sn), which was reached by S1→Sn transition induced by laser pulse excitation at 532nm. The results of this study are potentially applicable in light-driven applications such as micromachining and chemical biology tools.
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- Tatsuya Takeshita
- Department of Environmental and Food Sciences, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Food Sciences, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui, Japan.
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Yonekawa I, Mutoh K, Kobayashi Y, Abe J. Structurally and electronically modulated spin interaction of transient biradicals in two photon-gated stepwise photochromism. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:290-301. [PMID: 29335696 DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00420f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The development of two-photon induced photochromic compounds is important for advanced photoresponsive materials. The utilization of the long-lived transient states or species for two-photon absorption is one of the efficient strategies to realize the advanced photochemical behavior beyond a one-photon photochemical reaction. We have synthesized bi-photochromic compounds composed of two photochromic phenoxyl-imidazolyl radical complex units. The biphotochromic compounds generate two biradical units when the two photochromic units absorb photons with a stepwise manner. The interaction between the two biradicals through the central bridging phenyl ring is the key feature to control the stepwise photochromic reaction. Here, we introduced aromatic spacers in order to modulate the distance and the dihedral angle between the biradical units. The color and the rate of the thermal back reaction of the stepwise photochromism can be regulated by the control of the central bridging part. These results give important insights to develop desirable advanced photoresponsive compounds.
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- Izumi Yonekawa
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan.
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Thum MD, Falvey DE. Photoreleasable Protecting Groups Triggered by Sequential Two-Photon Absorption of Visible Light: Release of Carboxylic Acids from a Linked Anthraquinone-N-Alkylpicolinium Ester Molecule. J Phys Chem A 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matthew D. Thum
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Stepwise two-photon absorption processes utilizing photochromic reactions. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Towards optically responsive smart materials: electronic interactions between polymeric semiconductor and photochromic molecule. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-018-0399-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yonekawa I, Mutoh K, Kobayashi Y, Abe J. Intensity-Dependent Photoresponse of Biphotochromic Molecule Composed of a Negative and a Positive Photochromic Unit. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:1091-1097. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Izumi Yonekawa
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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Inagaki Y, Mutoh K, Abe J. Stepwise photochromism of bisnaphthopyrans exhibiting an excitation intensity-dependent color change. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:946-953. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00205c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The bisnaphthopyran derivatives composed of two naphthopyran units exhibit a nonlinear color change depending on the excitation light intensity.
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- Yuki Inagaki
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
- Japan
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Sotome H, Nagasaka T, Une K, Morikawa S, Katayama T, Kobatake S, Irie M, Miyasaka H. Cycloreversion Reaction of a Diarylethene Derivative at Higher Excited States Attained by Two-Color, Two-Photon Femtosecond Pulsed Excitation. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:17159-17167. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Hikaru Sotome
- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi,
Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1
Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary
Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Theoretical investigation of the photochromic properties of [2.2]paracyclophane-bridged imidazole dimers and bis(imidazole) dimers. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sotome H, Nagasaka T, Une K, Okui C, Ishibashi Y, Kamada K, Kobatake S, Irie M, Miyasaka H. Efficient Cycloreversion Reaction of a Diarylethene Derivative in Higher Excited States Attained by Off-Resonant Simultaneous Two-Photon Absorption. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:3272-3276. [PMID: 28677972 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Off-resonant excitation of the closed-ring isomer of a photochromic diarylethene derivative at 730 nm induced the efficient cycloreversion reaction with a yield of ∼20%, while the reaction yield was only 2% under one-photon excitation at 365 nm. Excitation wavelength dependence of the one-photon cycloreversion reaction yield under steady-state irradiation in a wide wavelength range showed that the specific electronic state leading to the large cycloreversion reaction yield, which is originally forbidden in the optical transition but partially allowed owing to the low symmetry of the molecule, is spectrally overlapped with the electronic state accessible by the allowed one-photon optical transition in the UV region. Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy also revealed that the off-resonant two-photon excitation preferentially pumped the molecule into the specific state, leading to the 10-fold enhancement of the cycloreversion reaction.
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- Hikaru Sotome
- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University , Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Ikeda, Osaka 563-5877, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University , Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University , 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Division of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Takeshita T, Kurata H, Hara M. Improvement of photoionization efficiency of diarylethene-cyclodextrin complexes by using multi-laser pulse excitation. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kobayashi Y, Okajima H, Sotome H, Yanai T, Mutoh K, Yoneda Y, Shigeta Y, Sakamoto A, Miyasaka H, Abe J. Direct Observation of the Ultrafast Evolution of Open-Shell Biradical in Photochromic Radical Dimer. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:6382-6389. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoichi Kobayashi
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department
of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department
of Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Division
of Frontier Materials Science and Center for Promotion of Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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Mutoh K, Kobayashi Y, Yamane T, Ikezawa T, Abe J. Rate-Tunable Stepwise Two-Photon-Gated Photoresponsive Systems Employing a Synergetic Interaction between Transient Biradical Units. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:4452-4461. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b13322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Katsuya Mutoh
- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1
Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1
Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1
Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1
Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1
Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
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Kobayashi Y, Mishima Y, Mutoh K, Abe J. Highly durable photochromic radical complexes having no steric protections of radicals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:4315-4318. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01439b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Durable radical-dissociation type photochromic reactions are demonstrated without the steric protections of the radicals.
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- Yoichi Kobayashi
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- School of Science and Engineering
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Sagamihara
- Japan
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Makarov NS, Lin Q, Pietryga JM, Robel I, Klimov VI. Auger Up-Conversion of Low-Intensity Infrared Light in Engineered Quantum Dots. ACS NANO 2016; 10:10829-10841. [PMID: 27936587 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
One source of efficiency losses in photovoltaic cells is their transparency toward solar photons with energies below the band gap of the absorbing layer. This loss can be reduced using a process of up-conversion whereby two or more sub-band-gap photons generate a single above-gap exciton. Traditional approaches to up-conversion, such as nonlinear two-photon absorption (2PA) or triplet fusion, suffer from low efficiency at solar light intensities, a narrow absorption bandwidth, nonoptimal absorption energies, and difficulties for implementing in practical devices. Here we show that these deficiencies can be alleviated using the effect of Auger up-conversion in thick-shell PbSe/CdSe quantum dots. This process relies on Auger recombination whereby two low-energy, core-based excitons are converted into a single higher-energy, shell-based exciton. Compared to their monocomponent counterparts, the tailored PbSe/CdSe heterostructures feature enhanced absorption cross-sections, a higher efficiency of the "productive" Auger pathway involving re-excitation of a hole, and longer lifetimes of both core- and shell-localized excitons. These features lead to effective up-conversion cross-sections that are more than 6 orders of magnitude higher than for standard nonlinear 2PA, which allows for efficient up-conversion of continuous wave infrared light at intensities as low as a few watts per square centimeter.
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- Nikolay S Makarov
- Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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