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Luminescent silicon nanocrystals appended with photoswitchable azobenzene units

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Confinement of multiple azobenzene chromophores covalently linked at the surface of luminescent silicon nanocrystals preserves the photoswitching behavior and modulates the nanocrystal polarity. Concomitantly, the thermal Z→E isomerization is strongly accelerated and the nanocrystal luminescence is reduced by an energy transfer process resulting in photosensitized E→Z isomerization.

Source: Nanoscale

DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02328d

Authors: Marco Villa, Sara Angeloni, Alberto Bianco, Alessandro Gradone, Vittorio Morandi, Paola Ceroni

Institution: University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Università di Bologna

OpenAlex ID: W3178828620