Photoresponsive Multi-Addressable Smart Materials and Mechanical Synthesis by Molecular Machines

Project Information

PHOTOMECH

Grant agreement ID: 101001794

DOI 10.3030/101001794

EC signature date 4 February 2021

Start date 1 July 2021

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 996 631,00

EU contribution € 1 996 631,00

Coordinated by

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Diaryl-hemiindigos as visible light, pH, and heat responsive four-state switches and application in photochromic transparent polymers

Author(s): Maximilian Sacherer, Frank Hampel, Henry Dube
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 4382, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39944-x

All-Red-Light Photoswitching of Indirubin Controlled by Supramolecular Interactions

Author(s): Stefan Thumser, Laura Köttner, Nadine Hoffmann, Peter Mayer, Henry Dube
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, ISSN 1520-5126
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08206

Hemithioindigo-Based Trioxobicyclononadiene: 3D Multiswitching of Electronic and Geometric Properties

Author(s): Fabien Kohl, Aaron Gerwien, Frank Hampel, Peter Mayer, Henry Dube
Published in: The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, ISSN 1520-5126
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12364

Mechanistic Elucidation of the Hula-Twist Photoreaction in Hemithioindigo

Author(s): Tobias Fischer, Jonas Leitner, Aaron Gerwien, Peter Mayer, Andreas Dreuw, Henry Dube, Josef Wachtveitl
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 145, 2023, Page(s) 14811-14822, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03536

A photochemical method to evidence directional molecular motions

Author(s): Benjamin Lukas Regen-Pregizer, Ani Ozcelik, Peter Mayer, Frank Hampel, Henry Dube
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 4595, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40190-4

An Eight-State Molecular Sequential Switch Featuring a Dual Single-Bond Rotation Photoreaction

Author(s): Aaron Gerwien, Benjamin Jehle, Marvin Irmler, Peter Mayer, Henry Dube
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, ISSN 1520-5126
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11183

A cross-conjugation approach for high- performance diaryl-hemithioindigo photoswitches

Author(s): Max Zitzmann, Frank Hampel, Henry Dube
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 5734, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06939c

Heterocyclic Hemithioindigos: Highly Advantageous Properties as Molecular Photoswitches

Author(s): Verena Josef, Frank Hampel, Henry Dube
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, ISSN 1521-3757
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202210855

Gain of Function Recyclable Photoswitches: Reversible Simultaneous Substitution and Photochromism Generation

Author(s): Max Zitzmann, Matthias Fröhling, Henry Dube
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue early view, 2024, Page(s) e202318767, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318767

Defining Unidirectional Motions and Structural Reconfiguration in a Macrocyclic Molecular Motor

Author(s): Benjamin Lukas Regen-Pregizer, Henry Dube
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 145, 2023, Page(s) 13081-13088, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01567

Azotriptycenes: Photoswitchable Molecular Brakes

Author(s): Willibald J. Stockerl, Lilli Reißenweber, Aaron Gerwien, Nicolai N. Bach, Stefan Thumser, Peter Mayer, Ruth M. Gschwind, Henry Dube
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302267

Active Mechanical Threading by a Molecular Motor

Author(s): Nicolai N. Bach, Verena Josef, Harald Maid, Henry Dube
Published in: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2022, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201882

Peri-Anthracenethioindigo: A Scaffold for Efficient All-Red-Light and Near-Infrared Molecular Photoswitching

Author(s): Laura Köttner, Elias Ciekalski, Henry Dube
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312955