English Journal

Photochemically colour-tuneable white fluorescence illuminants consisting of conjugated polymer nanospheres.

Bu J, Watanabe K, Hayasaka H, Akagi K.
Nature communications.Nat Commun.2014 May 2;5:3799. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4799.
π-Conjugated aromatic polymers have attracted much interest due to their semi-conducting and luminescent properties, and are therefore regarded as promising materials for next-generation optoelectronic devices. Especially, it is considered as one of the indispensable steps for advanced function to
PMID 24786854

C5-azobenzene-substituted 2'-deoxyuridine-containing oligodeoxynucleotides for photo-switching hybridization.

Mori S1, Morihiro K2, Obika S3.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland).Molecules.2014 Apr 22;19(4):5109-18. doi: 10.3390/molecules19045109.
A new photoisomeric nucleoside dUAz bearing an azobenzene group at the C5-position of 2'-deoxyuridine was designed and synthesized. Photoisomerization of dUAz in oligodeoxynucleotides can be achieved rapidly and selectively with 365 nm (forward) and 450 nm (backward) irradiation. Thermal denaturatio
PMID 24759071

Spiropyran photoswitches in the context of DNA: synthesis and photochromic properties.

Brieke C1, Heckel A.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany).Chemistry.2013 Nov 11;19(46):15726-34. doi: 10.1002/chem.201302640. Epub 2013 Oct 2.
A new design is presented for the incorporation of spiropyran photoswitches into nucleic acids by oligonucleotide solid phase synthesis. This design enables interaction of the 6-nitrospirobenzopyran (NitroBIPS) photoswitch with the adjacent nucleobases and leaves the photochemical properties of Nitr
PMID 24115210

Japanese Journal

Different Photochromic Rates of Azopyridine Derivatives in New Dual Photoisomeric Cobaloxime Complex Crystals

Selected Papers : Different Photochromic Rates of Azopyridine Derivatives in New Dual Photoisomeric Cobaloxime Complex Crystals

Different Photochromic Rates of Azopyridine Derivatives in New Dual Photoisomeric Cobaloxime Complex Crystals

Yamagiwa Hiroki,Sekine Akiko
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 86(9), 1028-1034, 2013
… Two cobaloxime complexes, namely (3-cyanopropyl)(3-phenylazopyridine)cobaloxime and (3-cyanopropyl)(4-phenylazopyridine)cobaloxime, were synthesized as new dual photoisomeric complexes for controlling the reactivity of trans–cis photoisomerization of phenylazopyridine derivatives in the solid state. …
NAID 130004059088