Molecular Cage hosts an Azobenzene and a Photosensitizer (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Molecular Cage hosts an Azobenzene and a Photosensitizer

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The new mechanism is based on the supramolecular approach where a molecular switch (azobenzene) and a photosensitizer are confined in a molecular cage. The confined space of the cage fits only an E-form of azobenzene but not the Z-form of azobenzene, which is expulsed from the cage.

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Jonathan R. Church

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