Visible‐ and Near‐Infrared Light‐Driven Molecular Photoswitches for Biological Applications

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Reversible Photocontrol of Biological Systems by the Incorporation of Molecular Photoswitches

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Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications

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In Vivo Photopharmacology

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Fulgides for Memories and Switches

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The evolution of spiropyran: fundamentals and progress of an extraordinarily versatile photochrome

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Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

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NIR‐Triggered Anticancer Drug Delivery by Upconverting Nanoparticles with Integrated Azobenzene‐Modified Mesoporous Silica

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A Roadmap to Success in Photopharmacology

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Emerging combination strategies with phototherapy in cancer nanomedicine

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Azobenzene Photoswitching without Ultraviolet Light

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Emerging Targets in Photopharmacology

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Heteroaryl azo dyes as molecular photoswitches

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Visible-to-NIR-Light Activated Release: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials

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Current developments in fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) sensors and switches

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Liquid Crystals: Versatile Self-Organized Smart Soft Materials.

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Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

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Photoswitching Using Visible Light: A New Class of Organic Photochromic Molecules

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LAF1 ubiquitination by COP1 controls photomorphogenesis and is stimulated by SPA1

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Tunable Heptamethine–Azo Dye Conjugate as an NIR Fluorescent Probe for the Selective Detection of Mitochondrial Glutathione over Cysteine and Homocysteine

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Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

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Molecular photoswitches in aqueous environments

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Photoswitchable Inhibitors of Microtubule Dynamics Optically Control Mitosis and Cell Death

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Development of fluorescent probes based on protection–deprotection of the key functional groups for biological imaging

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Retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin captured by a femtosecond x-ray laser

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Photochromic and Luminescence Switching Properties of a Versatile Diarylethene-Containing 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand and Its Rhenium(I) Complex

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On the Promise of Photopharmacology Using Photoswitches: A Medicinal Chemist’s Perspective

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Photo-triggered full-color circularly polarized luminescence based on photonic capsules for multilevel information encryption

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Recent developments in reversible photoregulation of oligonucleotide structure and function

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Recent progress in the development of organic dye based near-infrared fluorescence probes for metal ions

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PHOTACs enable optical control of protein degradation

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Indigoid Photoswitches: Visible Light Responsive Molecular Tools

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Two-Way Photoswitching Using One Type of Near-Infrared Light, Upconverting Nanoparticles, and Changing Only the Light Intensity

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Long-Lived Photoacid Based upon a Photochromic Reaction

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Recent Implementations of Molecular Photoswitches into Smart Materials and Biological Systems

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Photocontrol of Antibacterial Activity: Shifting from UV to Red Light Activation

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The (photo)chemistry of Stenhouse photoswitches: guiding principles and system design

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Reversible Spatiotemporal Control of Induced Protein Degradation by Bistable PhotoPROTACs

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Near Infrared (NIR) absorbing dyes as promising photosensitizer for photo dynamic therapy

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Acylhydrazones as Widely Tunable Photoswitches

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Development of Azo‐Based Fluorescent Probes to Detect Different Levels of Hypoxia

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Design and Synthesis of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts: A Visible Light Photoswitch Derived from Furfural

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Tunable Visible and Near Infrared Photoswitches

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Advances in Application of Azobenzene as a Trigger in Biomedicine: Molecular Design and Spontaneous Assembly

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Photoresponsive molecular tools for emerging applications of light in medicine

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Design of Bis-spiropyran Ligands as Dipolar Molecule Receptors and Application to in Vivo Glutathione Fluorescent Probes

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Oxygen-Dependent Regulation of Excited-State Deactivation Process of Rational Photosensitizer for Smart Phototherapy

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Rational Design in Photopharmacology with Molecular Photoswitches

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Visible Light Switching of a BF 2 -Coordinated Azo Compound

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Recent advances in diarylethene-based multi-responsive molecular switches

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Fluorescent Photochromic α‐Cyanodiarylethene Molecular Switches: An Emerging and Promising Class of Functional Diarylethene

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The Endeavor of Diarylethenes: New Structures, High Performance, and Bright Future

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Optically Rewritable Transparent Liquid Crystal Displays Enabled by Light‐Driven Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switches

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Light controlled protein release from a supramolecular hydrogel

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Hemithioindigo—an emerging photoswitch

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Tumor microenvironment responsive drug delivery systems

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New molecular switch architectures

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Optical lock-in detection imaging microscopy for contrast-enhanced imaging in living cells

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Amphiphilic Diarylethene as a Photoswitchable Probe for Imaging Living Cells

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Pyroptosis‐Mediated Synergistic Photodynamic and Photothermal Immunotherapy Enabled by a Tumor‐Membrane‐Targeted Photosensitive Dimer

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Disequilibrating azobenzenes by visible-light sensitization under confinement

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Photoswitchable Molecules in Long-Wavelength Light-Responsive Drug Delivery: From Molecular Design to Applications

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Stepping Out of the Blue: From Visible to Near‐IR Triggered Photoswitches

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Future‐Oriented Advanced Diarylethene Photoswitches: From Molecular Design to Spontaneous Assembly Systems

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Microtubule nucleation: beyond the template

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How to switch a fluorophore: from undesired blinking to controlled photoswitching

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Electron-Accepting Micelles Deplete Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate and Impair Two Antioxidant Cascades for Ferroptosis-Induced Tumor Eradication

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Switching Diarylethenes Reliably in Both Directions with Visible Light

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Let spiropyran help polymers feel force!

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Triplet Pathways in Diarylethene Photochromism: Photophysical and Computational Study of Dyads Containing Ruthenium(II) Polypyridine and 1,2-Bis(2-methylbenzothiophene-3-yl)maleimide Units

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Ion Exchange Membranes: Constructing and Tuning Ion Transport Channels

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Supramolecularly Engineered NIR‐II and Upconversion Nanoparticles In Vivo Assembly and Disassembly to Improve Bioimaging

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Nitrogen Bridged Diazocines: Photochromes Switching within the Near-Infrared Region with High Quantum Yields in Organic Solvents and in Water

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Reversible Two-Photon Photoswitching and Two-Photon Imaging of Immunofunctionalized Nanoparticles Targeted to Cancer Cells

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Colorimetric and NIR Fluorescence Probe with Multiple Binding Sites for Distinguishing Detection of Cys/Hcy and GSH in Vivo

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Controlling Dark Equilibria and Enhancing Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct Photoswitching Properties through Carbon Acid Design

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An Efficient Near‐Infrared Emissive Artificial Supramolecular Light‐Harvesting System for Imaging in the Golgi Apparatus

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Bidirectional Photocontrol of Peptide Conformation with a Bridged Azobenzene Derivative

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Structure Property Analysis of the Solution and Solid-State Properties of Bistable Photochromic Hydrazones

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Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles with Appended Photo‐Responsive Units for Controlled Drug Delivery, Release, and Imaging

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Photoswitching-Enabled Novel Optical Imaging: Innovative Solutions for Real-World Challenges in Fluorescence Detections

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Stimuli‐responsive photonic actuators for integrated biomimetic and intelligent systems

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Coupling Probiotics with 2D CoCuMo‐LDH Nanosheets as a Tumor‐Microenvironment‐Responsive Platform for Precise NIR‐II Photodynamic Therapy

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Photoswitchable diarylethenes: From molecular structures to biological applications

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Visible light-responsive materials: the (photo)chemistry and applications of donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts in polymer science

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Hemiindigo: Highly Bistable Photoswitching at the Biooptical Window

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N , N ′-Disubstituted Indigos as Readily Available Red-Light Photoswitches with Tunable Thermal Half-Lives

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Unraveling Dual Aggregation‐Induced Emission Behavior in Steric‐Hindrance Photochromic System for Super Resolution Imaging

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1,2‐Dithienyldicyanoethene‐Based, Visible‐Light‐Driven, Chiral Fluorescent Molecular Switch: Rewritable Multimodal Photonic Devices

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All-Visible-Light-Activated Dithienylethenes Induced by Intramolecular Proton Transfer

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