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Wikipedia Overview
Azobenzene is a photoswitchable chemical compound composed of two phenyl rings linked by a N=N double bond. It is the simplest example of an aryl azo compound. The term "azobenzene" or simply "azo" is often used to refer to a wide class of similar compounds. These azo compounds are considered as derivatives of diazene (diimide), and are sometimes referred to as "diazenes". The diazenes absorb light strongly and are common dyes. Different classes of azo dyes exist, most notably the ones substituted with heteroaryl rings.
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Azobenzene-derived coordination polymers for redox-mediated integration of CO - Nature
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The Nonadiabatic Nature of the Substituent Effects in Azobenzene - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Bis(gallylene) Reactivity: Insights from Reactions with Azobenzene and (PMes)₃ - ChemistryViews
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Azobenzene-bridged ionizable amphiphilic Janus glycosides for light-controlled, single-component and organ-modulable pDNA delivery | Communications Chemistry - Nature
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Bidirectional Photoswitching of a Tailored Azobenzene with Red and Far-Red Light Involving Triplet Sensitization in an Aqueous System - advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Highly efficient light-gated COF membrane for precise multistage molecular separation - Science | AAAS
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Light-switchable LCST windows in an ionic liquid solution of azobenzene copolymers - Nature
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Asymmetric Pt1C3-Pt1O1C3 catalytic pairs for efficient transfer hydrogenation of azobenzene - Nature
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Rhodopsin-Mimicking Reversible Photo-Switchable Chloride Channels Based on Azobenzene-Appended Semiaza -Bambusurils for Light-Controlled Ion Transport and Cancer Cell Apoptosis - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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On the unexpected mechanism of isomerization in tautomerizable azo photoswitches | Communications Chemistry - Nature
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Functionalized azobenzenes for micellar solar thermal energy storage as a next-generation MOST system - Nature
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A Platform for the Development of Highly Red‐Shifted Azobenzene‐Based Optical Tools - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Dynamically assembled photochromic cages operational in water with visible light - Nature
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Azobenzene as a photoswitchable mechanophore - Nature
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Unusual photo-tunable mechanical transformation of azobenzene terminated aliphatic polycarbonate - Nature
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Azobenzene-based optoelectronic transistors for neurohybrid building blocks - Nature
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Light-induced rolling of azobenzene polymer thin films for wrapping subcellular neuronal structures - Nature
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The dynamics of oxygenation to Aβ fibrils using an azobenzene–boron complex type photocatalyst and light energy - Nature
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Reversible redox chemistry in azobenzene-based organic molecules for high-capacity and long-life nonaqueous redox flow batteries - Nature
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Rationally designed azobenzene photoswitches for efficient two-photon neuronal excitation - Nature
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Rapid and reversible optical switching of cell membrane area by an amphiphilic azobenzene - Nature
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Photoinduced bidirectional switching in lipid membranes containing azobenzene glycolipids - Nature
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ATP/azobenzene-guanidinium self-assembly into fluorescent and multi-stimuli-responsive supramolecular aggregates - Nature
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Cooperative light-induced breathing of soft porous crystals via azobenzene buckling - Nature
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Azobenzene‐Based Linker Strategy for Selective Activation of Antibody–Drug Conjugates - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Fast photodynamics of azobenzene probed by scanning excited-state potential energy surfaces using slow spectroscopy - Nature
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Recent Progress in Azobenzene‐Based Supramolecular Materials and Applications - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Control Over Topochemical Photopolymerization and Photoisomerization in Azobenzene Tethered Chiral Diacetylenes Toward Tunable Molecular Packing and Conductivity (Small 35/2025) - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Manipulating azobenzene photoisomerization through strong light–molecule coupling - Nature
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Membrane Targeted Azobenzene Drives Optical Modulation of Bacterial Membrane Potential - advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Azobenzene‐Bridged Covalent Organic Frameworks Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Alkaline Water: One Atom Makes a Significant Improvement - Sun - 2024 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Azobenzene-Functionalized Semicrystalline Liquid Crystal Elastomer Springs for Underwater Soft Robotic Actuators - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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NIR-switched DNA tweezer enables reversible miRNA recognition with erasable signal for in vivo continuous imaging - Science | AAAS
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Role of flexible spacers in achieving photoinduced phase transitions of azobenzene-based liquid-crystalline polymers at room temperature - Nature
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Semi-automated screening of azobezenes for solar energy storage using extended tight binding methods - Nature
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A Rationally Designed Azobenzene Photoswitch for DNA G-Quadruplex Regulation in Live Cells - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Photoinduced Reversible Bending and Guest Molecule Release of Azobenzene-Containing Polydiacetylene Nanotubes - Nature
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A cautionary tale of basic azo photoswitching in dichloromethane finally explained - Nature
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An Azobenzene-Based Liquid Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) Storage System–Energy Carrier and Solvent - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Wavelength Selective Photocontrol of Hybrid Azobenzene-Spiropyran Photoswitches with Overlapping Chromophores - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Photoinduced plasticizing effect of the addition of azobenzene on the glass transition temperature and mechanical properties of polycarbonate - Nature
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Mechanized azobenzene-functionalized zirconium metal-organic framework for on-command cargo release - Science | AAAS
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Light and Temperature Dual-Responsive Liquid Marbles Stabilized with Azobenzene-Modified Poly(N-Isopropyl Acrylamide) - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Light-enhanced liquid-phase exfoliation and current photoswitching in graphene–azobenzene composites - Nature
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Azobenzene derivatives with activity against drug‐resistant Candida albicans and Candida auris - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Dynamic actuation of glassy polymersomes through isomerization of a single azobenzene unit at the block copolymer interface - Nature
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Complex Fourier Surfaces by Superposition of Multiple Gratings on Azobenzene Thin Films - advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Photoswitching of glass transition temperatures of azobenzene-containing polymers induces reversible solid-to-liquid transitions - Nature
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Red Fluorescence from Organic Microdots: Leveraging Foldamer-Linked Azobenzene for Enhanced Stability and Intensity in Bioimaging Applications - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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High Energy Density in Azobenzene-based Materials for Photo-Thermal Batteries via Controlled Polymer Architecture and Polymer-Solvent Interactions - Nature
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A High Energy Density Azobenzene/Graphene Oxide Hybrid with Weak Nonbonding Interactions for Solar Thermal Storage - Nature
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Using harmless light to change azobenzene molecules with new supera molecular complex - eurekalert.org
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Reversible photoswitching of encapsulated azobenzenes in water - PNAS
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In Situ Photoisomerization of an Azobenzene-Based Triple Helicate with a Prolonged Thermal Relaxation Time - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Membrane-targeted push-pull azobenzenes for the optical modulation of membrane potential - Nature
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Ultrafast isomerization-induced cooperative motions to higher molecular orientation in smectic liquid-crystalline azobenzene molecules - Nature
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Azobenzene Modified Imidacloprid Derivatives as Photoswitchable Insecticides: Steering Molecular Activity in a Controllable Manner - Nature
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Light-induced dynamic shaping and self-division of multipodal polyelectrolyte-surfactant microarchitectures via azobenzene photomechanics - Nature
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Photocontrolled chiral supramolecular assembly of azobenzene amphiphiles in aqueous media - Nature
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A multifunctional azobenzene-based polymeric adsorbent for effective water remediation - Nature
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A Light-Responsive Self-Assembly Formed by a Cationic Azobenzene Derivative and SDS as a Drug Delivery System - Nature
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Visible-light-switchable azobenzenes: Molecular design, supramolecular systems, and applications - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Side-group chemical gating via reversible optical and electric control in a single molecule transistor - Nature
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A Unified Material Description for Light Induced Deformation in Azobenzene Polymers - Nature
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Digital holographic microscopy for real-time observation of surface-relief grating formation on azobenzene-containing films - Nature
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Cooperative Switching in Nanofibers of Azobenzene Oligomers - Nature
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Using photons to manipulate enzyme inhibition by an azobenzene-modified nucleic acid probe - PNAS
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Covalent functionalization of graphene by azobenzene with molecular hydrogen bonds for long-term solar thermal storage - Nature
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Local Direction of Optomechanical Stress in Azobenzene Containing Polymers During Surface Relief Grating Formation - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Azobenzene-containing liquid crystalline composites for robust ultraviolet detectors based on conversion of illuminance-mechanical stress-electric signals - Nature
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Generating and sustaining long-lived spin states in 15N,15N′-azobenzene | Scientific Reports - Nature
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Noninvasive cardiac modulation via triplet-sensitized photoswitching in the phototherapeutic window - Nature
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Molecular Engineering of Azobenzene-Based Anolytes Towards High-Capacity Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Plasma immobilization of azobenzene dye on polyamide 6 polymer - Nature
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Azobenzene-Functionalized Metal–Organic Polyhedra for the Optically Responsive Capture and Release of Guest Molecules - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Photoinduced reversible switching of porosity in molecular crystals based on star-shaped azobenzene tetramers - Nature
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A highly sensitive octopus-like azobenzene fluorescent probe for determination of abamectin B - Nature
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Supramolecular nylon-based actuators with a high work efficiency based on host–guest complexation and the mechanoisomerization of azobenzene - Nature
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Determining the Photoisomerization Quantum Yield of Photoswitchable Molecules in Solution and in the Solid State - Nature
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NIR‐Triggered Anticancer Drug Delivery by Upconverting Nanoparticles with Integrated Azobenzene‐Modified Mesoporous Silica - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Photomodulation of fluoride ion binding through anion-π interactions using a photoswitchable azobenzene system - Nature
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Excited state non-adiabatic dynamics of large photoswitchable molecules using a chemically transferable machine learning potential - Nature
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Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Polymers from Amphiphilic Phosphodiester-Linked Azobenzene Trimers - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Highly sensitive updatable green hologram recording polymer with photoisomerizable azobenzene with highly birefringent acetylene as the side chain - Nature
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Recent progress in photoinduced transitions between the solid, glass, and liquid states based on molecular photoswitches | Polymer Journal - Nature
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Azobenzene functionalized poly(diphenylacetylene): Polymer synthesis and tunable fluorescent emission - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Manipulation and assembly of small objects in liquid crystals by dynamical disorganizing effect of push-pull-azobenzene-dye - Nature
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Size Switchable Supramolecular Nanoparticle Based on Azobenzene Derivative within Anionic Pillar[5]arene - Nature
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Light-regulated crystal growth of π-conjugated luminophores in an azobenzene matrix - Nature
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Photoswitchable Supramolecular Hydrogels Formed by Cyclodextrins and Azobenzene Polymers - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Crystal-to-crystal transformation - Chemistry World
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Photo-control of helix content in a short peptide - PNAS
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Guest-Driven Light-Induced Spin Change in an Azobenzene Loaded Metal–Organic Framework - onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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A controllable photoresponsive potassium transporter - Nature
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Synthesis of azobenzene-tethered DNA for reversible photo-regulation of DNA functions: hybridization and transcription - Nature
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Orthogonal photoswitching in a multifunctional molecular system - Nature
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Photoresponsive Vesicles of Pendimethalin, γ-Cyclodextrin, and an Azobenzene for Controlled Release of a Pesticide - ACS Publications
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Synthesis and Characterization of Photoresponsive Macromolecule for Biomedical Application - Frontiers
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Photoswitchable phospholipids for the optical control of membrane processes, protein function, and drug delivery - Nature
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Light-activated 3D covalent organic framework membranes with adaptive pores for CO2 recognition and separation - Science | AAAS
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