Stefano Crespi

'Click'-able hemiindigo triazole photoswitches with switchable fluorescence

Ling, Zhihao; O'Toole, Robert C. P.; Kerridge, Rebecca; Buchanan, Alex et al.

Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 14389-14393, 2026

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Mechanically Interlocked Indigo Photoswitches

Wilmshurst, Alexander M.; Jo, Taegeun; Kerridge, Rebecca L.; Sangolkar, Akanksha Ashok et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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Stereoselective Photocatalytic Crossed [2+2] Cycloadditions to Enantioenriched Polysubstituted Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes

Reinhold, Marius; Golfmann, Maxim; Reyna Müller, Anna M.; Steen, Jorn D. et al.

Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 12516-12525, 2026

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Acid- and Nucleophile-Gated Photoisomerization of Phosphaindirubin

van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Steen, Jorn D.; Rückert, Ann-Kathrin; Peshkov, Roman et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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The Nonadiabatic Nature of the Substituent Effects in Azobenzene

van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Peshkov, Roman Yu.; Steen, Jorn D.; Simeth, Nadja A. et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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'Click'-able hemiindigo triazole photoswitches with switchable fluorescence

Ling, Zhihao; O'Toole, Robert C. P.; Kerridge, Rebecca; Buchanan, Alex et al.

Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, p. 14389-14393, 2026

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Mechanically Interlocked Indigo Photoswitches

Wilmshurst, Alexander M.; Jo, Taegeun; Kerridge, Rebecca L.; Sangolkar, Akanksha Ashok et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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Stereoselective Photocatalytic Crossed [2+2] Cycloadditions to Enantioenriched Polysubstituted Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes

Reinhold, Marius; Golfmann, Maxim; Reyna Müller, Anna M.; Steen, Jorn D. et al.

Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 12516-12525, 2026

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Acid- and Nucleophile-Gated Photoisomerization of Phosphaindirubin

van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Steen, Jorn D.; Rückert, Ann-Kathrin; Peshkov, Roman et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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The Nonadiabatic Nature of the Substituent Effects in Azobenzene

van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Peshkov, Roman Yu.; Steen, Jorn D.; Simeth, Nadja A. et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026

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Heterocyclic scaffold-fused dimethoxy-dibenzocyclooctynes for photoactivatable click chemistry

Larsson, N. Alfred; Jo, Taegeun; Bremberg, Ulf; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of Organic and biomolecular chemistry, p. 120-126, 2026

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Modulation of Lanthanide Luminescence with the Mechanical Bond: Antenna-Emitter Confinement in a Compact [2]Rotaxane

Ramstrom, Anja; Pooler, Daisy R. S.; Abasov, Huseynagha; Tomar, Monika et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025

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35(+1) challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2025

Bismillah, Aisha N.; Bismuto, Alessandro; Blakney, Anna; Callens, Sebastien et al.

Part of Matter, 2025

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Semi-Automated Pipeline for Transition State Search of Molecular Photoswitches

Peshkov, Roman Yu.; Steen, Jorn D.; Crespi, Stefano

Part of ChemPhotoChem, 2025

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Lighting up dark reactions: An imine network ratchets a coupled equilibrium

Temel, Merve; Crespi, Stefano

Part of Chem, 2025

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Fluorinated Phenylazopyrazoles for Monitoring the Photoisomerization in Complex Systems

Jakob, Lukas; van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Tovtik, Radek; Copko, Jakub et al.

Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025

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The Effect of Aldehyde and Carboxylic Acid Substitution on the Isomerization of Hemithioindigo Photoswitches

Quindt, Matías I.; Jo, Taegeun; Kumar, Amol; Steen, Jorn D. et al.

Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025

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Substituent effects in N-acetylated phenylazopyrazole photoswitches

Tovtik, Radek; Marzin, Dennis; Weigel, Pia; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 830-838, 2025

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Reversible Metal-Mediated Molecular Switching of a Phosphaethene Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon

Bhowmick, Toma; Wells, Jordann A. L.; Asif Ansari, Mohd; Steen, Jorn D. et al.

Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2025

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Tuning the Photoisomerization Mechanism of Oxindole Switches with Electron-Donating Substituents

Mgbukwu, Matthew; Fu, Xingjie; Peshkov, Roman Yu.; Doellerer, Daniel et al.

Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry B, p. 3839-3850, 2025

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Computational Study on the Dynamics of a Bis(benzoxazole)-Based Overcrowded Alkene

Stindt, Charlotte N.; Jo, Taegeun; Steen, Jorn D.; Feringa, Ben L. et al.

Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 1301-1309, 2025

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General strategy for boosting the performance of speed-tunable rotary molecular motors with visible light

Sheng, Jinyu; van Beek, Carlijn L. F.; Stindt, Charlotte N.; Danowski, Wojciech et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2025

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Probing the Hidden Photoisomerization of a Symmetric Phosphaalkene Switch

Deka, Rajesh; Steen, Jorn D.; Hilbers, Michiel F.; Roeterdink, Wim G. et al.

Part of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2025

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Synthesis and characterization of cis-bisdiphenylphosphinoethene gold(I) complexes

Fayet, Océane Yvonne Odette; Crespi, Stefano; Orthaber, Andreas

Part of Comptes rendus. Chimie, p. 113-123, 2024

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Detour to success: photoswitching via indirect excitation

Kuntze, Kim; Isokuortti, Jussi; van der Wal, Jacob J.; Laaksonen, Timo et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 11684-11698, 2024

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All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches

Xu, Fan; Sheng, Jinyu; Stindt, Charlotte N.; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 6763-6769, 2024

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Modulation of the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular confinement

Doellerer, Daniel; Rückert, Ann-Kathrin; Doria, Sandra; Hilbers, Michiel et al.

Part of Chemical Communications, p. 9388-9391, 2024

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Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors

Sheng, Jinyu; Danowski, Wojciech; Sardjan, Andy S.; Hou, Jiaxin et al.

Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 1330-1338, 2024

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Photocatalytic Oxidative Activation of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes for Formal [2σ+2π] Cycloadditions

Golfmann, Maxim; Reinhold, Marius; Steen, Jorn D.; Deike, Malte S. et al.

Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 13987-13998, 2024

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A fiber-optic spectroscopic setup for isomerization quantum yield determination

Volker, Anouk; Steen, Jorn D.; Crespi, Stefano

Part of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 1684-1692, 2024

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Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties

Stindt, Charlotte N.; Crespi, Stefano; Feringa, Ben L.

Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024

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Meta-Ortho Effect on the Excited State Pathways of Chloroanilines

Nitu, Cristina; van der Wal, Jacob Jan; Kaul, Nidhi; Steen, Jorn D. et al.

Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024

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A dinuclear copper(ii) complex with photoswitchable catechol oxidation activity

Marcon, Michela; Crespi, Stefano; Pielmeier, Andreas; Koenig, Burkhard

Part of Chemical Communications, p. 948-951, 2023

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Highly Efficient Oxindole-Based Molecular Photoswitches

Doellerer, Daniel; Pooler, Daisy R. S.; Guinart, Ainoa; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023

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Activating a light-driven molecular motor by metal complexation

Stindt, Charlotte N.; Crespi, Stefano; Toyoda, Ryojun; Hilbers, Michiel F. et al.

Part of Chem, 2023

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Light-Fueled Transformations of a Dynamic Cage-Based Molecular System

Ovalle, Marco; Kathan, Michael; Toyoda, Ryojun; Stindt, Charlotte N. et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023

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A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on barbituric acid

Kuntze, Kim; Pooler, Daisy R. S.; Di Donato, Mariangela; Hilbers, Michiel F. et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 8458-8465, 2023

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Replacing the BO in BODIPY: unlocking the path to SBDIPY and BIDIPY chromophores

Korzun, Andre; Crespi, Stefano; Golz, Christopher; Bismuto, Alessandro

Part of Chemical Science, p. 6579-6584, 2023

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Designing P-type bi-stable overcrowded alkene-based chiroptical photoswitches

Sheng, Jinyu; Danowski, Wojciech; Crespi, Stefano; Guinart, Ainoa et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 4328-4336, 2023

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Computational study on the reduction and solvolysis of triplet chlorobenzenes

Nitu, Cristina; Crespi, Stefano

Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023

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Peptide Conjugated Dihydroazulene/Vinylheptafulvene Photoswitches in Aqueous Environment

Corbet, Brian P.; Schlueter, J. Malte; Cotroneo, Elena R.; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023

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Photocatalysis in Aqueous Micellar Media Enables Divergent C-H Arylation and N-Dealkylation of Benzamides

Cybularczyk-Cecotka, Martyna; Predygier, Jedrzej; Crespi, Stefano; Szczepanik, Joanna et al.

Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 3543-3549, 2022

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Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand

Pfeifer, L.; Crespi, Stefano; van der Meulen, P.; Kemmink, J. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022

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Dual-function artificial molecular motors performing rotation and photoluminescence

Pfeifer, Lukas; Hoang, Nong V.; Crespi, Stefano; Pshenichnikov, Maxim S. et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2022

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The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor

Kathan, Michael; Crespi, Stefano; Troncossi, Axel; Stindt, Charlotte N. et al.

Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022

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Visible Light-Enhanced C-H Amination of Cyclic Ethers with Iminoiodinanes

Jurberg, Igor D.; Nome, Rene A.; Crespi, Stefano; Atvars, Teresa D. Z. et al.

Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 4061-4068, 2022

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Synergistic interplay between photoisomerization and photoluminescence in a light-driven rotary molecular motor

Toyoda, Ryojun; Hoang, Nong V.; Moghaddam, Kiana Gholamjani; Crespi, Stefano et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022

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Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization in Water Tunable by Molecular Geometry

Xu, Fan; Crespi, Stefano; Pfeifer, Lukas; Stuart, Marc C. A. et al.

Part of CCS Chemistry, p. 2212-2220, 2022

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Heavier group 15 elements: a new frontier in molecular switch development

Deka, Rajesh; Temel, Merve; Crespi, Stefano; Orthaber, Andreas

Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 14241-14253, 2025

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