Issue 23, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Orthogonal switching in four-state azobenzene mixed-dimers†

Fangli Zhao,a   Lutz Grubert,a   Stefan Hecht ORCID logo a  and  David Bléger ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
E-mail: david.bleger@chemie.hu-berlin.de

Abstract

Azobenzene multi-state switches whose isomerization can be orthogonally induced with photons and electrons are presented. Exposure to green, blue, or ultraviolet light allows toggling between three isomers, while the fourth one is formed selectively via electrocatalytic isomerization.

Graphical abstract: Orthogonal switching in four-state azobenzene mixed-dimers

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC00504K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jan 2017
Accepted
08 Feb 2017
First published
17 Feb 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3323-3326

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Orthogonal switching in four-state azobenzene mixed-dimers

F. Zhao, L. Grubert, S. Hecht and D. Bléger, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3323 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00504K

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