Thiosemicarbazones as versatile photoswitches with light-controllable supramolecular activity

Bengi Sentürk, Burkhard Butschke and Fabian Eisenreich

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 3130
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Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025

Dominick E. Balderston, Elba Feo, Anamaria Leonescu, Mackenzie Stevens, Alexander M. Wilmshurst, Philip A. Gale, Cally J. E. Haynes, George T. Williams and Jennifer R. Hiscock

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2025, 54, 8888
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Twisting of aryl groups affects thermal back reactivity of diarylbenzene photoswitches

Oka Fukata, Daichi Kitagawa, Katsuya Mutoh and Seiya Kobatake

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 11057
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Iminobispyrazole (IBP) photoswitches: two pyrazole rings can be better than one

Jiarong Wu, Clara Li, Lasse Kreimendahl and Jake L. Greenfield

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 12365
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All-photonic switching of a benzo[e]-fused dimethyldihydropyrene–azobenzene dyad in the solid-state for logic operations

Sariful Molla, Jakir Ahmed and Subhajit Bandyopadhyay

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 13694
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Light them up: photoresponsive imine-containing systems

Jiarong Wu and Jake L. Greenfield

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 17991
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Main-chain stiff-stilbene photoswitches in solution, in bulk, and at surfaces

Naoki Kaneda, Keiichi Imato, Ayane Sasaki, Ryo Tanaka, Ichiro Imae, Toyoaki Hirata, Takuya Matsumoto and Yousuke Ooyama

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 20545
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Heteroaryl iminothioindoxyl (HA-ITI) photoswitches via regioselective aza-Wittig synthesis: unifying red-shifted absorption, large E/Z band separation, and tunable thermal recovery

Jialei Chen-Wu, Carlos Benitez-Martin, José A. González-Delgado, Flip de Jong, Eduard Fron, Gert Steurs, Antonio J. Martínez-Martínez, Francisco Nájera, Morten Grøtli, Johan Hofkens, Joakim Andréasson and Uwe Pischel

Chem. Sci., 2026, 17, 3658
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All-visible-light-driven salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors

Sven van Vliet, Jinyu Sheng, Charlotte N. Stindt and Ben L. Feringa

Nat Commun, 2024, 15
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(Self) Assembled News: Recent Highlights from the Supramolecular Chemistry Literature (Quarter 1, 2024)

Evelyn R. Morton, Nicholas G. White and Cally J. E. Haynes

Supramolecular Chemistry, 2023, 34, 257
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Solar Azo‐Switches for Effective E→Z Photoisomerization by Sunlight

Zhao‐Yang Zhang, Dongfang Dong, Tom Bösking, Tongtong Dang, Chunhao Liu, Wenjin Sun, Mingchen Xie, Stefan Hecht and Tao Li

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Photoresponsive Organic Cages─Computationally Inspired Discovery of Azobenzene-Derived Organic Cages

Michael C. Brand, Hamish G. Trowell, James T. Pegg, Jake L. Greenfield, Magdalena Odaybat, Marc A. Little, Peter R. Haycock, Gokay Avci, Nicola Rankin, Matthew J. Fuchter, Kim E. Jelfs, Andrew I. Cooper and Rebecca L. Greenaway

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 30332
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Photoactivatable Hydrazone Photoswitches

Yuxin Huang, Meng Li and Peng An

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2026, 65
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Harnessing light to drive a non-photoresponsive reaction out of equilibrium

Jiarong Wu and Jake L. Greenfield

Chem, 2025, 11, 102579
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Intramolecular Stabilization of Naphtho[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophenes: Synthesis and Analysis of Imine-Based Chromophores

Emmanuel B. A. Adusei, Sarah Ibrahim, Kara Jenneker, Calvin D. Goldsmith, Danielle Dragoi, Matthias Zeller and Zacharias J. Kinney

J. Org. Chem., 2026, 91, 394
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Ultrafast Studies of Different Oxidation and Protonation States of Rhodamine 6G and Implications for Photocatalysis

Sebastian Bergwinkl, Carina Allacher, Karina Heilmeier, Roger Jan Kutta, Bernhard Dick and Patrick Nuernberger

ChemPhotoChem, 2025, 9
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Enhancing the Photoswitching Properties of N-Alkyl Imines

Jiarong Wu, Lasse Kreimendahl and Jake L. Greenfield

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 17549
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The Effect of Aldehyde and Carboxylic Acid Substitution on the Isomerization of Hemithioindigo Photoswitches

Matías I. Quindt, Taegeun Jo, Amol Kumar, Jorn D. Steen, Luca D'Amario, Sascha Ott and Stefano Crespi

Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Direct photochemical control of imine exchange reactions

Harry Robson and Petr Kovaříček

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2025, 468, 116490
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Fluorinated Phenylazopyrazoles for Monitoring the Photoisomerization in Complex Systems

Lukas Jakob, Jacob J. van der Wal, Radek Tovtik, Jakub Copko, Alessandro Iagatti, Mariangela Di Donato, Stefano Crespi and Nadja A. Simeth

Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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How to (not) Evaluate a Photoswitch Performance; Benchmarking of Methods Used for Processing Kinetic Data on an Example of Arylazopyrazole Z‐Isomer Half‐Life

Anna Hruzíková, Aleš Růžička and Eliška Procházková

Chemistry Methods, 2025, 5
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Aza‐Diarylethenes Undergoing Both Photochemically and Thermally Reversible Electrocyclic Reactions

Shota Hamatani, Daichi Kitagawa and Seiya Kobatake

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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Switching Sides: Regiochemistry and Functionalization Dictate the Photoswitching Properties of Imines

Jiarong Wu, Lasse Kreimendahl and Jake L. Greenfield

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Unmodified iminobispyrazole scaffold as imines photoswitches with stable photoswitching behavior

Haoran Hu, Chen Chen, Siyi Wei, Chong Zhang, Chao Gao, Chengguo Sun, Yang Du and Bingcheng Hu

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2025, 462, 116241
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Harnessing Negative Photochromism in Styryl Cyanines for Light‐Modulated Proton Transport

Gianni Pacella, Maria Nabatova, Yuxuan Zhang, David Picconi, Roza R. Weber, Shirin Faraji and Giuseppe Portale

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Switching Sides: Regiochemistry and Functionalization Dictate the Photoswitching Properties of Imines

Jiarong Wu, Lasse Kreimendahl and Jake L. Greenfield

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Aza‐Diarylethenes Undergoing Both Photochemically and Thermally Reversible Electrocyclic Reactions

Shota Hamatani, Daichi Kitagawa and Seiya Kobatake

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Visible Light Switching of Ortho-Functionalized Azo Phthalimides with Tunable Z-Isomer Stability

Dancho Yordanov, Kosuke Nakashima, Rastislav Smolka, Yasuyuki Matsushima, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Martin Vala, Tsuyoshi Miura and Anton Georgiev

J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 12904
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Solar Azo‐Switches for Effective E→Z Photoisomerization by Sunlight

Zhao‐Yang Zhang, Dongfang Dong, Tom Bösking, Tongtong Dang, Chunhao Liu, Wenjin Sun, Mingchen Xie, Stefan Hecht and Tao Li

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner’s guide

Michela Marcon, Christoph Haag and Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2025, 21, 1808
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Selective Protein (Post-)modifications through Dynamic Covalent Chemistry: Self-activated SNAr Reactions

Ferran Esteve, Jean-Louis Schmitt, Sergii Kolodych, Oleksandr Koniev and Jean-Marie Lehn

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 2049
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Impact of solvation on the photoisomerization mechanism of oxindole switches with electron-donating substituents

Miquel Huix-Rotllant, Abdul Qadeer, Daniel Roca-Sanjuán, Javier Segarra-Martí and Cheol Ho Choi

Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2026, 25, 331
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Synthesis and Characterization of Imine‐Derived Diarylethene Photoswitches Exhibiting Enhanced Photochromic Performance

Huiping Wu, Yudong Cai, Shangtao Chen and Ruirui Gu

ChemistrySelect, 2025, 10
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202507334

Photoswitchable Imines Drive Dynamic Covalent Systems to Nonequilibrium Steady States

Jiarong Wu and Jake L. Greenfield

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 20720
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03817

Stimuli-responsive smart polymers based on functional dyes

Keiichi Imato and Yousuke Ooyama

Polym J, 2024, 56, 1093
DOI: 10.1038/s41428-024-00951-4

Defying chemical equilibrium with light

Brian Sachini, Stefano Corra, Massimiliano Curcio, Jessica Groppi and Alberto Credi

Trends in Chemistry, 2025, 7, 372
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Kinetic Trapping of an Out‐of‐Equilibrium Dynamic Library of Imines by Changing Solvent

Matteo Valentini, Gianfranco Ercolani and Stefano Di Stefano

Chemistry A European J, 2024, 30
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401104

Understanding X-ray-induced isomerisation in photoswitchable surfactant assemblies

Beatrice E Jones, Camille Blayo, Jake L Greenfield, Matthew J Fuchter, Nathan Cowieson and Rachel C Evans

Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2024, 20, 2005
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.176

Harnessing Negative Photochromism in Styryl Cyanines for Light‐Modulated Proton Transport

Gianni Pacella, Maria Nabatova, Yuxuan Zhang, David Picconi, Roza R. Weber, Shirin Faraji and Giuseppe Portale

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506532

E/Z photoisomerization-induced photostability in benzylcyanocoumarin dyes and their coatings

Seong Hyun Jang, Byung Kyu Jeon, Hyun Kyu Lee, Woo Jin Choi, Jun Ho Yoon, Wan Soo Kim, Yoon Mi Choi, Jae Pil Kim and Jun Choi

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2025, 207, 109360
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2025.109360

Photoactivatable Hydrazone Photoswitches

Yuxin Huang, Meng Li and Peng An

Angewandte Chemie, 2026, 138
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202521324