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Dual photoisomerization mechanism of azobenzene embedded in a lipid membrane

Published:2023 Issue:11 Volume:11 Page:2518-2529
ISSN:2050-750X
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry B
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. B

Author:

Osella Silvio¹²^ORCID,Granucci Giovanni³,Persico Maurizio³^ORCID,Knippenberg Stefan⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Lab, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland

2. Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC), California Institute of Technology, MC 139-74, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

3. Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Universitá di Pisa, v. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy

4. Hasselt University, Theory Lab, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium

5. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry and Atmospheric Remote Sensing (SQUARES), 50 Avenue F. Roosevelt, C.P. 160/09, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The photoisomerization of chromophores in biological environments is highly important for biomedical applications. While the trans-to-cis isomerization is slow and governed by a torsional mechanism, cis-to-trans is pedal-like on a sub-ps time scale.

Funder

Narodowe Centrum Nauki

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Biomedical Engineering,General Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/TB/D2TB02767D

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