Near-infrared reversible photoswitching of an isolated azobenzene-stilbene dye

Carrascosa, Eduardo, Bull, James N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0953-1716, Buntine, Jack T., da Silva, Gabriel, Santos, Paulo F. and Bieske, Evan J. (2020) Near-infrared reversible photoswitching of an isolated azobenzene-stilbene dye. Chemical Physics Letters, 741. ISSN 0009-2614

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Abstract

Photoswitching of a charged azobenzene-stilbene dye is investigated through laser excitation in a tandem ion mobility mass spectrometer. Action spectra associated with E→Z and Z→E photoisomerisation of the stilbene group exhibit bands at 685 and 440 nm, corresponding to S1←S0 and S3←S0 transitions, respectively. The data suggest that isomers possessing a Z configuration of the azobenzene unit rapidly convert to E isomers and are not discernible using ion mobility spectrometry, and that photoisomerisation occurs through excited state dynamics rather than statistical isomerisation on the ground state potential energy surface.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: action spectroscopy,ion mobility,molecules,photoisomerisation,photoswitch,stilbene
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
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Date Deposited: 08 Jan 2020 04:22
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2024 23:50
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73521
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.137065

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