Photo-enhanced Aqueous Solubilization of an Azo-compound

Abstract We previously showed that disruption of intermolecular interactions, e.g., by lowering the molecular planarity and/or introducing bent structures, improves the aqueous solubility of compounds, and based upon that work, we hypothesized that azobenzene trans-to-cis photoswitching could also b...

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Main Authors: Minoru Ishikawa, Takuya Ohzono, Takao Yamaguchi, Yasuo Norikane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06947-w