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SUBMITTER: Krause S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9005654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krause Simon S Evans Jack D JD Bon Volodymyr V Crespi Stefano S Danowski Wojciech W Browne Wesley R WR Ehrling Sebastian S Walenszus Francesco F Wallacher Dirk D Grimm Nico N Többens Daniel M DM Weiss Manfred S MS Kaskel Stefan S Feringa Ben L BL
Nature communications 20220412 1
Although light is a prominent stimulus for smart materials, the application of photoswitches as light-responsive triggers for phase transitions of porous materials remains poorly explored. Here we incorporate an azobenzene photoswitch in the backbone of a metal-organic framework producing light-induced structural contraction of the porous network in parallel to gas adsorption. Light-stimulation enables non-invasive spatiotemporal control over the mechanical properties of the framework, which ult ...[more]