Synthesis of a photo-responsive single-walled nanoscroll and its photo-reactivity in a nano-layered microenvironment

Novel photo-responsive single-walled nanoscroll (SWNS) of niobate has been synthesized with quantitative estimation of the yield by the intercalation of cationic polyfluorinated surfactant molecules having azobenzene chromophore.

Detection of adsorbates on emissive MOF surfaces with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

The luminescence of azobenzene chromophore struts in a metal organic framework is quenched by nitroaromatic guests. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic methods verify the emission changes are due to the surface adsorption of the guest molecules rather than encapsulation.

Detection of Adsorbates on Emissive MOF Surfaces with X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

A metal organic framework containing an azobenzene chromophore exhibits luminescence that is quenched by nitro-phenol derivatives. The model system was used to develop an new analytical approach to differentiating between encapsulated guest molecules and those adsorbed on the outside of the MOF

Detection of Adsorbates on Emissive MOF Surfaces with X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

A metal organic framework containing an azobenzene chromophore exhibits luminescence that is quenched by nitro-phenol derivatives. The model system was used to develop an new analytical approach to differentiating between encapsulated guest molecules and those adsorbed on the outside of the MOF

Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Azobenzene Core Polyester Dendrimers with Trityl Groups at the Periphery

We have synthesized polyester type dendrimers containing azobenzene chromophore in the core and trityl groups at the periphery using divergent growth strategy up to 3rdgeneration. We analyzed dendrimer samples using NMR, HPLC, TG, DSC and UV-Vis techniques. We found out that functionalization of dendrimer periphery is not complete. Dendrimers with trityl groups at the periphery have glass transition temperatures in the range 73-87 °C.

Azobenzene as a Photoregulator Covalently Attached to RNA: A Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics-Surface Hopping Dynamics Study

The photoregulation of nucleic acids by azobenzene photoswitches has recently attracted considerable interest in the context of emerging biotechnological applications. To understand the mechanism of photoinduced isomerisation and conformational control in these complex biological environments, we employ a Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) approach in conjunction with nonadiabatic Surface Hopping (SH) dynamics. Two representative RNA-azobenzene complexes are investigated, both of which contain the azobenzene chromophore covalently attached to an RNA double strand via a beta-deoxyribose linker. Due to the pronounced constraints of the local RNA environment, it is found that trans-to-cis isomerization is slowed down to a time scale of ~15 picoseconds, in contrast to 500 femtoseconds in vacuo, with a quantum yield reduced by a factor of two. By contrast, cis-to-trans isomerization remains in a sub-picosecond regime. A volume-conserving isomerization mechanism is found, similarly to the pedal-like mechanism previously identified for azobenzene in solution phase. Strikingly, the chiral RNA environment induces opposite right-handed and left-handed helicities of the ground-state cis-azobenzene chromophore in the two RNA-azobenzene complexes, along with an almost completely chirality conserving photochemical pathway for these helical enantiomers.