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- Title
Bidirectional Photomodulation of Surface Tension in Langmuir Films.
- Authors
Cheng, Jinling; Štacko, Peter; Rudolf, Petra; Gengler, Régis Y. N.; Feringa, Ben L.
- Abstract
Switching systems operating in a cooperative manner capable of converting light energy into mechanical motion are of great interest for optical devices, data storage, nanoscale energy converters and molecular sensing. Herein, photoswitchable monolayers were formed at the air-water interface from either a pure bis(thiaxanthylidene)-based photoswitchable amphiphile or from a mixture of the photoswitchable amphiphile with a conventional lipid dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). Efficient photoisomerization of the anti-folded to syn-folded geometry of the amphiphile's central core induces changes in the surface pressure in either direction, depending on the initial molecular density. Additionally, the switching behavior can be regulated in the presence of DPPC, which influences the packing of the molecules, thereby controlling the transformation upon irradiation. Bis(thiaxanthylidene)-based photoswitchable monolayers provide a promising system to explore cooperativity and amplification of motion.
- Subjects
SWITCHING systems (Telecommunication); LIGHT; AIR-water interfaces; AMPHIPHILES; DIPALMITOYL lecithin; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; MONOMOLECULAR films
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, Vol 56, Issue 1, p291
- ISSN
1433-7851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201611187