Molecular Switches

Bringing you news about state-of-the-art Molecular Switches, Machines and what lies in-between

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. @J_A_C_S]

Photoswitchable RNA Degraders for Spatiotemporal Activation of Host-Directed Antivirals in Mammalian Cells | Journal of the American Chemical Society @ETH_DCHAB @ETH_en https://t.co/BUHBEW4tjS

[Biosensors @Biosensors_MDPI]

📣Call for Reading:

#Communication
Rational Design of High-Performance Hemithioindigo-Based Photoswitchable AIE Photosensitizer and Enabling Reversible Control Singlet Oxygen Generation

by Junjie Wang, et al.

#AIE #photosensitizer #PDT
#biosensors #mdpi #openaccess

[Stefano Crespi @stefano_crespi]

Check out our new 🔥 paper on the triply gated isomerization of the phosphorous analogue of indirubin💡!

Acid‐ and Nucleophile‐Gated Photoisomerization of Phosphaindirubin - Wal - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/B3NkHe0Ff7

[Luca Laraia @laraialab]

Delighted to have collaborated with the @DirkTrauner lab on the development and characterisation of #photoswitchable #cholesterol derivatives, now out in @J_A_C_S! Led by Michael Zott, with excellent work from @Laura_dta from our group @ChemistryDtu https://t.co/Q4u3Fw9BhO

[Chemistry News @ChemistryNews]

Ultrafast spectroscopic signatures for off-to-on photoswitchable species in a green-to-red photoconvertible fluorescent protein https://t.co/fS1pMCs2lF

[BioPhotonics @TheBioPhotonics]

A new, photoswitchable molecule, developed at UNIST, demonstrates repeatable, reversible assembly-disassembly capabilities when irradiated with different wavelengths of light.

#BioPhotonics #Wavelengths #Light

Read more here: https://t.co/VO6tfIQ9vq

[SmartCell_Unisi @smartcell_unisi]

Photomodulation of Vesicle Dynamics Using Fluorescent Photoswitchable Amphiphiles - now published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B https://t.co/1Y0Y0i2Wy7

[Soumen De Research Group @SoumenDeLab]

🚀 New preprint alert!
Happy to share our latest work now on ChemRxiv:
🔗 https://t.co/qV6913NZU7
Huge congratulations to @diptipravaSAHO7, Akanksha and Anshuman. Grateful for the continued support from @tvmiiser and @ANRFIndia. #photoswitchable architectures, #chirality

[Chemistry News @ChemistryNews]

Photoswitchable latent monomers enable on‑demand metathesis https://t.co/H8Tfxp7E6D

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. @J_A_C_S]

Switching and Quantifying the Single-Molecule Mechanochemical Reactivity of Four-Membered Carbocycle Mechanophores within a Single, Photoswitchable Polymer Strand | Journal of the American Chemical Society @StanfordUChem @Stanford @DukeU https://t.co/7cMusy2F4H

[Gopalan_Glyco-India @Gops_GlycoIndia]

Turn up the Vitamin D Receptor─Not the Calcium! Photoswitchable Vitamin D Agonists for Psoriasis | ACS Central Science https://t.co/pOT3ZvkVfN

[Northwestern Chemistry @NUChemistry]

🚨New research from @JuliaKalow + @kalowlab:

“Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts as Intrinsically Photoswitchable Dynamic Covalent Bonds”

Read more in @J_A_C_S 👉
https://t.co/rpeq9d7W8D

[Angewandte Chemie @angew_chem]

A Photoswitchable HaloTag for Spatiotemporal Control of Fluorescence in Living Cells (Claire Deo and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓 https://t.co/HLuQq2Tflt

[Harry Anderson Group @HLAGroupOx]

Design principles for photoswitchable fluorescent dyads - out now in @ChemicalScience. We present a series of switchable fluorophores and rationalise their behaviour with a photophysical/photochemical model. https://t.co/Z6G5y7rbGM

[Judy Wu @JudyWuChem]

Now in @J_A_C_S. Sharing Francisco’s new work on modulating the thermal isomerization mechanisms of photoswitching azoarenes. https://t.co/EBsZ9nt9v3

[Light Lab @The_LightLab]

HOT from @ChemicalScience; Introduction of a cationic phosphorous on dimethyldihydropyrene photoswitches was hard but led to cool switching with 740 nm light in water. Both ways, vis light switch @mlm7996 @Chand55118Sayan @SamyadebM @iiserkol @ANRFIndia https://t.co/wiQ3HoAJNa

[MOF Papers @MOF_papers]

Photoswitching Conduction in Framework Materials https://t.co/7d5t3Mq0Ig

[ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal @ChemEurJ]

#CoverFeature Orthogonal Photoswitching in Nematic #LiquidCrystal|s (Bart Jan Ravoo and co-workers) ChemEurJ 57/2025 https://t.co/L9Lphzixf4 • https://t.co/4o637X2mwi

[Chemistry News @ChemistryNews]

Tuning the Photocaged Spiropyran Photoswitch with a Sterically Hindered Adamantane Group: Releasing the Stable Merocyanine https://t.co/ZEisrxEuEl

[Jake Greenfield @JakeyLG]

📢New perspective on light responsive imine-based systems out now in @ChemicalScience with @GalliumWu💡🚨🔦 This is part of the 2025 Leading Investigators Collection, Thank you to the reviewers for input 🙏 #hot #photoswitch #imine https://t.co/EJwFtX9VkO
https://t.co/9KyZjaXEql