Coupling carbon nanomaterials with photochromic molecules for the generation of optically responsive materials

Light-Controlled Conductance Switching in Azobenzene-Containing MWCNT–Polymer Nanocomposites

(2015) Sri Wahyuni Basuki et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Reversible Switching Phenomenon in Diarylethene Molecular Devices with Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes on Flexible Substrates

(2015) Dongku Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

The carbon nanoparticles grafted with copolymers of styrene and spiropyran with reversibly photoswitchable fluorescence

(2015) Bo Liao et al.   CARBON

Light-induced conductance switching in azobenzene based near-percolated single wall carbon nanotube/polymer composites

(2015) V. Schneider et al.   CARBON

Isomerization of Orthogonal Molecular Switches Encapsulated within Micelles Solubilizing Carbon Nanotubes

(2015) Stefanie K. Kreft et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A cationic azobenzene-surfactant-modified graphene hybrid: unique photoresponse and electrochemical behavior

(2015) Shu Chen et al.   Nanoscale

High-energy, stable and recycled molecular solar thermal storage materials using AZO/graphene hybrids by optimizing hydrogen bonds

(2015) Wen Luo et al.   Nanoscale

A pyrene-appended spiropyran for selective photo-switchable binding of Zn(II): UV–visible and fluorescence spectroscopy studies of binding and non-covalent attachment to graphene, graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes

(2015) Alexis Perry et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Designing photoswitches for molecular solar thermal energy storage

(2015) Anders Lennartson et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A high energy density azobenzene/graphene hybrid: a nano-templated platform for solar thermal storage

(2015) Wen Luo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Optically switchable transistors comprising a hybrid photochromic molecule/n-type organic active layer

(2015) K. Börjesson et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Graphene Oxide Assisted Fluorescent Chemodosimeter for High-Performance Sensing and Bioimaging of Fluoride Ions

(2014) Changyao Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene with Spiropyran Molecular Switches via a Specially Designed Perylenediimide Adsorption Anchor

(2014) Yawei Song et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Photo- and pH-Tunable Multicolor Fluorescent Nanoparticle-Based Spiropyran- and BODIPY-Conjugated Polymer with Graphene Oxide

(2014) Shazid Md. Sharker et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Graphene Multilayer as Nanosized Optical Strain Gauge for Polymer Surface Relief Gratings

(2014) G. Di Florio et al.   NANO LETTERS

Emergence of Photoswitchable States in a Graphene–Azobenzene–Au Platform

(2014) Emanuela Margapoti et al.   NANO LETTERS

Packing heat

(2014) Nathan R. Neale   Nature Chemistry

Templated assembly of photoswitches significantly increases the energy-storage capacity of solar thermal fuels

(2014) Timothy J. Kucharski et al.   Nature Chemistry

Optical properties of carbon nanotubes coated with orthogonal dipole switches

(2014) Antonio Setaro et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Azobenzene dendronized carbon nanoparticles: the effect of light antenna

(2014) Qun Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Functionalization of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Chromophores of Opposite Internal Dipole Orientation

(2013) Yuanchun Zhao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrathin Reduced Graphene Oxide Films as Transparent Top-Contacts for Light Switchable Solid-State Molecular Junctions

(2013) Tao Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Voltage-Controlled Nonvolatile Molecular Memory of an Azobenzene Monolayer through Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide Contacts

(2013) Misook Min et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Assembly of Graphene Oxide with a Silyl-Appended Spiropyran Dye for Rapid and Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Fluoride Ions

(2013) Yinhui Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Toward Functional Molecular Devices Based on Graphene-Molecule Junctions

(2013) Yang Cao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Gating Charge Recombination Rates through Dynamic Bridges in Tetrathiafulvalene-Fullerene Architectures

(2013) Sonia Castellanos et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Conductance Switching and Mechanisms in Single-Molecule Junctions

(2013) Chuancheng Jia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Optical controlled graphene-based nonvolatile ternary-logic transistor with azobenzene copolymer

(2013) Chi-Yuan Lin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Reversible magnetism switching in graphene-based systems via the decoration of photochromic molecules

(2013) Argo Nurbawono et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Photoresponsive Fluorescent Reduced Graphene Oxide by Spiropyran Conjugated Hyaluronic Acid for in Vivo Imaging and Target Delivery

(2013) Abdullah-Al Nahain et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Molecule–electrode interfaces in molecular electronic devices

(2013) Chuancheng Jia et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Spiropyran-based dynamic materials

(2013) Rafal Klajn   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hybrid chromophore/template nanostructures: A customizable platform material for solar energy storage and conversion

(2013) Alexie M. Kolpak et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Luminescent metal–organic framework-functionalized graphene oxide nanocomposites and the reversible detection of high explosives

(2013) Ji Ha Lee et al.   Nanoscale

Covalent Functionalization of Dipole-Modulating Molecules on Trilayer Graphene: An Avenue for Graphene-Interfaced Molecular Machines

(2013) Phong Nguyen et al.   Small

Photo-switchable molecular monolayer anchored between highly transparent and flexible graphene electrodes

(2013) Sohyeon Seo et al.   Nature Communications

Covalent functionalization of graphene by azobenzene with molecular hydrogen bonds for long-term solar thermal storage

(2013) Yiyu Feng et al.   Scientific Reports

Reversible fluorescence modulation of spiropyran-functionalized carbon nanoparticles

(2013) Bo Liao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photocontrolled Molecular Structural Transition and Doping in Graphene

(2012) Namphung Peimyoo et al.   ACS Nano

Reversibly Light-Modulated Dirac Point of Graphene Functionalized with Spiropyran

(2012) A-Rang Jang et al.   ACS Nano

Non-Covalent Functionalization of Individual Nanotubes with Spiropyran-Based Molecular Switches

(2012) Antonio Setaro et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photoswitchable Conductivity in a Rigidly Dendronized Salt

(2012) Thi-Thanh-Tam Nguyen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular orientation and photoswitching kinetics on single-walled carbon nanotubes by optical second harmonic generation

(2012) David J. McGee et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optical switching of the Dirac point in graphene multilayer field-effect transistors functionalized with spiropyran

(2012) Piljae Joo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nanocomposites and macroscopic materials: assembly of chemically modified graphene sheets

(2012) Dongqing Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Functional monolayers from carbon nanostructures – fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene – as novel materials for solar energy conversion

(2012) Galina V. Dubacheva et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Carbon nanodots: synthesis, properties and applications

(2012) Haitao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Light-Controlled Resistance Modulation in a Photochromic Diarylethene–Carbon Nanotube Blend

(2012) Calogero Sciascia et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Carbon nanotubes as substrates for molecular spiropyran-based switches

(2012) E Malic et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Tuning the interaction between carbon nanotubes and dipole switches: the influence of the change of the nanotube–spiropyran distance

(2012) P Bluemmel et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Supramolecular Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) with a Photoisomerizable Conjugated Polymer

(2012) Patigul Imin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Azobenzene-based supramolecular polymers for processing MWCNTs

(2012) Laura Maggini et al.   Nanoscale

Designing a spiropyran-based molecular switch for carbon nanotube functionalization: Influence of anchor groups and tube-switch separation

(2012) Pascal Bluemmel et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Photo-controlled release of zinc metal ions by spiropyran receptors anchored to single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2012) Elisa Del Canto et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A Photoswitchable [2]Rotaxane Array on Graphene Oxide

(2012) Hong Yan et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

Spectroscopic Properties of Nanotube–Chromophore Hybrids

(2011) Changshui Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Graphene Functionalized with Azo Polymer Brushes: Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Photoresponsive Properties

(2011) Dongrui Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optical Modulation of the Charge Injection in an Organic Field-Effect Transistor Based on Photochromic Self-Assembled-Monolayer-Functionalized Electrodes

(2011) Núria Crivillers et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light regulation of peroxidase activity by spiropyran functionalized carbon nanotubes used for label-free colorimetric detection of lysozyme

(2011) Yujun Song et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Solvent-Polarity-Tunable Dimeric Association of a Fullerene (C60)-N,N-Dimethylaminoazobenzene Dyad: Modulated Electronic Coupling of the Azo Chromophore with a Substituted 3D Fullerene

(2011) K. Senthil Kumar et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Conductance switching in diarylethenes bridging carbon nanotubes

(2011) M. K. Ashraf et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Noncovalent Functionalization of SWNTs with Azobenzene-Containing Polymers: Solubility, Stability, and Enhancement of Photoresponsive Properties

(2011) Chakkooth Vijayakumar et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Fluorescent, Shape-Persistent Dendritic Host with Photoswitchable Guest Encapsulation and Intramolecular Energy Transfer

(2011) Thi-Thanh-Tam Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tunable One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Self-Assemblies from an Acceptor–Donor Fullerene–N,N-Dimethylaminoazobenzene Dyad: Interfacial Geometry and Temporal Evolution

(2011) K. Senthil Kumar et al.   LANGMUIR

Self-Assembled Graphene/Azo Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Film and Its Application in Electrochemical Energy Storage Device

(2011) Dongrui Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Light-Driven Reversible Modulation of Doping in Graphene

(2011) Myungwoong Kim et al.   NANO LETTERS

Azobenzene-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes As High-Energy Density Solar Thermal Fuels

(2011) Alexie M. Kolpak et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermal properties of graphene and nanostructured carbon materials

(2011) Alexander A. Balandin   NATURE MATERIALS

Conductance of a photochromic molecular switch with graphene leads

(2011) C. Motta et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Microscopic Model of the Optical Absorption of Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Molecular Spiropyran Photoswitches

(2011) E. Malic et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A photochromic phenoxyquinone based cyanide ion sensor

(2011) In Sung Park et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Christoph J. Brabec et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A light-driven reversible conductance switch based on a few-walled carbon nanotube/azobenzene hybrid linked by a flexible spacer

(2010) Yiyu Feng et al.   CARBON

Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with optically switchable spiropyrans

(2010) Elisa Del Canto et al.   CARBON

Investigation of optical modulated conductance effects based on a graphene oxide–azobenzene hybrid

(2010) Xuequan Zhang et al.   CARBON

Photochemical “Triode” Molecular Signal Transducer

(2010) Amy E. Keirstead et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhanced Reversible Photoswitching of Azobenzene-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Hybrids

(2010) Xuequan Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes using an azobenzene derivative

(2010) Pascal Bluemmel et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Preparation and orientation behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes grafted with a side-chain azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer

(2010) Tianhui Hu et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Hexabenzocoronene Graphitic Nanotube Appended with Dithienylethene Pendants: Photochromism for the Modulation of Photoconductivity

(2009) Yaning He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical testing of carbon nanotubes derivatized with azobenzene and anthraquinone

(2009) K. Sadowska et al.   CARBON

Photoresponsive conductance switching of multi-walled carbon nanotubes bearing covalently linked spironaphthoxazine

(2009) In Woo Cheong et al.   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS

Photostimulated Reversible Attachment of Gold Nanoparticles on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

(2009) Zhimin Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Color Detection Using Chromophore-Nanotube Hybrid Devices

(2009) Xinjian Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

Site-Selective Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Fullerene Arrays by Using a Supramolecular Template at the Liquid-Solid Interface

(2008) Min Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Optical switching studies of an azobenzene rigidly linked to a hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene derivative in solution and at a solid–liquid interface

(2008) Min Ai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Azobenzenes as Light-Controlled Molecular Electronic Switches in Nanoscale Metal−Molecule−Metal Junctions

(2008) Jeffrey M. Mativetsky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Self-regulation of photoinduced electron transfer by a molecular nonlinear transducer

(2008) Stephen D. Straight et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synthesis of a New Photoactive Nanovehicle:  A Nanoworm

(2008) Takashi Sasaki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS