Photoswitches for Materials, Devices, and Manufacturing
Using an external light stimulus to remotely control and power advanced materials, devices thereof, and their manufacturing in a dynamic fashion with superior spatial and temporal resolution offers tremendous opportunities. In this context, photoswitchable molecular systems undergoing reversible changes upon illumination have become key ingredients that our group is developing and optimizing with regard to their performance. These custom-designed photoswitches constitute the molecular basis of various applications ranging from ranging from optically controlled molecular sensors over (self)healing films and rubbers as well as photoactuating films and coatings to various optically gated electronic devices in transistors, memories, and displays. Moreover, we have developed photoswitchable photoinitiators to enable xolography as a new and powerful volumetric 3D printing method.
Reviews on photoswitchable materials
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Review on designing photoswitches for soft materials
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Review on photoswitches and essentials of photodynamic equilibria
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Review on designing visible light operated photoswitches
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Reviews on photoswitches to remote-control covalent bond formation and (polymerization) catalysis
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Review on photoswitchable foldamers
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Original work on designing photoswitchable molecules includes
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Pioneering work on using photoswitches for xolography
Nature 2020, 588, 620-624 [SH12]
Original work on applying photoswitchable molecules includes
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