Unsymmetrical diarylethenes as molecular keypad locks with tunable photochromism and fluorescence via Cu2+ and CN− coordinations

• DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16942h
• Publication Date: 2012-01-03T13:30:41Z
• Authors: Qi Zou; Xin Li; Junji Zhang; Ji Zhou; Bingbing Sun; He Tian
• Keywords: Keypad

New unsymmetrical diarylethenes were synthesized and their photochromic fluorescent properties are tailored by Cu(2+) CN(-) coordinations. A novel molecular logic keypad lock is constructed based on the fluorescence emission changes inputs of UV/visible irradiation, CN(-).