Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 3-27.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2014.01.003

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Phototriggers:Work Mechanisms and Applications

LIN Qiuning, YANG Yunlong, FANG Qian, BAO Chunyan, ZHU Linyong   

  1. Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
  • Received:2013-11-21 Revised:2013-12-17 Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

Abstract:

The advantage of non-invasive manipulating with high spatiotemporal resolution of light-control technology make it favourable in bio-applications. Phototrigger with three major functions of photoactivation, photocleavge and photorelease is one important class of the photoresponsive molecules to construct materials with photo-controllability. However, with the expansion of the application of light-control technology in the bio-medicine field, new requirements and challenges are proposed for photoresponsive molecules especially for phototriggers. This review summarizes the typical types of phototriggers, their basic working principles, and their applications in the field of biology and material research in recent years.

Key words: phototrigger, coumarin, light-control, photocleavage