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Tunable Visible and Near‐IR Photoactivation of Light‐Responsive Compounds by Using Fluorophores as Light‐Capturing Antennas
Author(s) -
Shell Thomas A.,
Shell Jennifer R.,
Rodgers Zachary L.,
Lawrence David S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201308816
Subject(s) - visible spectrum , optoelectronics , materials science , photochemistry , optics , chemistry , physics
Although the corrin ring of vitamin B 12 is unable to efficiently absorb light beyond 550 nm, it is shown that commercially available fluorophores can be used as antennas to capture long‐wavelength light to promote scission of the CoC bond at wavelengths up to 800 nm. The ability to control the molecular properties of bioactive species with long visible and near‐IR light has implications for drug delivery, nanotechnology, and the spatiotemporal control of cellular behavior.