Reactivity control with molecular photoswitches Authors Marc Villabona Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Gonzalo Guirado Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Jordi Hernando Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Keywords: Molecular photoswitches, reactivity control, CO2 capture. Abstract The use of molecular photoswitches enables remote modulation of chemical reactivity by irradiation with light. This does not only allow the external control of where, when and how fast a reaction takes place, but also the modification of the thermodynamic equilibrium that is reached. This article reviews the state of art in this field, with special focus on the strategies described to achieve reactivity control with molecular photoswitches and the applications which may be derived from them. We are currently exploring the preparation of photoactive materials for reversible CO2 capture and storage, as is discussed in the final section of this paper.Keywords: Molecular photoswitches, reactivity control, CO2 capture. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 17 (2018) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Catalan Society of Chemistry (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química.Authors answer to Catalan Society of Chemistry for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Catalan Society of Chemistry declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
