KAIST Reveals How the Light-Responsive Molecular Switch Azobenzene Changes Shape (IMAGE)

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

KAIST Reveals How the Light-Responsive Molecular Switch Azobenzene Changes Shape

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Figure 1. Three-step pathway by which azobenzene changes to the cis form after absorbing light
 The figure shows how long it takes trans-azobenzene to reach cis-azobenzene after absorbing light, passing through Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2, and the atomic motions that occur at each step.

 

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