An azobenzene-based photoswitchable crystal growth modifier

An aspartic acid functionalised azobenzene derivative is found to be a light-switchable crystal growth modifier of calcite. UV irradiation of the molecule reversibly switches it to the cis isomer, which is a significantly less effective crystal growth inhibitor than the trans isomer. Visible light,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nealon, Gareth, Brown, David, Jones, Franca, Parkinson, Gordon, Ogden, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51380