An evanescent field driven mono-molecular layer photoswitch: coordination and release of metallated macrocycles

Michael J. Cook, Anne-Mette Nygard, Zhenxin Wang, David Russell

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    Abstract

    Photoswitching of ‘on’ and ‘off’ coordination sites in a self assembled monolayer containing the 4-(arylazo)pyridine chromophore has been achieved using the evanescent field and illustrated through coordination and photon induced release of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1056-1057
    Number of pages2
    JournalChemical Communications
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

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