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Huddleston, PR, Volkov, VV 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2990-3580 and Perry, CC ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-468X,
2019.
Structural and electronic properties of 3,3-azothiophene photo-switching systems.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21 (3), pp. 1344-1353.
ISSN 1463-9076
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Abstract
Diversity of photo-switching structural elements open up new opportunities in the engineering of light driven reshaping of matter, in catalysis on-click including photodynamic cancer therapy, in light sensitive transport control and in data storage. Assisted with quantum calculations we explore the photo-physical properties of novel 3,3-azothiophene molecular systems, the synthesis of which we reported recently. In the considered azothiophenes, upon exposure to radiation at 365 nm and at 530 nm, we observed effective anti(trans) to syn(cis) and syn(cis) to anti(trans) isomerization of the -N=N- moiety, respectively. In contrast to azobenzene based photo-switchable molecular systems, the syn(cis) to anti(trans) isomerization in the azothiophenes studied, does not take place at 22 oC in the dark. Temperature dependent experiments and theoretical studies suggest a slightly higher barrier for such processes than for azobenzene which we attribute to specific structural and electronic properties of the thiophene ring and the nature of the side groups. We discuss the potential of the observed properties in the development of novel molecular photo-switching machinery to promote biocatalytic applications at interfaces.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Creators: | Huddleston, P.R., Volkov, V.V. and Perry, C.C. |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Date: | 21 January 2019 |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Number: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1463-9076 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1039/c8cp06059b DOI |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology |
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan |
| Date Added: | 17 Dec 2018 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2022 14:53 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/35352 |
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