Photomodulation of the electrode potential of a photochromic spiropyran-modified Au electrode in the presence of Zn2+: a new molecular switch based on the electronic transduction of the optical signals

Guoyong Wen; Jie Yan; Yucheng Zhou; Deqing Zhang; Lanqun Mao; Daoben Zhu

doi:10.1039/b606141a

Photomodulation of the electrode potential of a photochromic spiropyran-modified Au electrode in the presence of Zn2+: a new molecular switch based on the electronic transduction of the optical signals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Jul 28:(28):3016-8. doi: 10.1039/b606141a. Epub 2006 Jun 14.

Authors

Guoyong Wen¹, Jie Yan, Yucheng Zhou, Deqing Zhang, Lanqun Mao, Daoben Zhu

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China.

PMID: 16832522
DOI: 10.1039/b606141a

Abstract

The electrode potential of a photochromic spiropyran-modified Au electrode could be reversibly modulated by UV/visible light irradiation in the presence of Zn2+, and a new molecular switch and an "AND" logic gate based on this electronic transduction of the optical signals were established.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Benzopyrans / chemistry*
Electrodes*
Gold / chemistry*
Indoles / chemistry*
Light*
Nitro Compounds / chemistry*
Photochemistry*
Zinc / chemistry*

Substances

Benzopyrans
Indoles
Nitro Compounds
spiropyran
Gold
Zinc