Stefano Crespi group
Photochemical transformations and how to use light to trigger chemical reactions.
Our research
The research in the Crespi group concerns the understanding and controlling of molecular motion at the nanoscale triggered by light.
For more information regarding our research, please check out the group's own website.
Group members
Publications
Meta-Ortho Effect on the Excited State Pathways of Chloroanilines
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024
Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
A fiber-optic spectroscopic setup for isomerization quantum yield determination
Part of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 1684-1692, 2024
Peptide Conjugated Dihydroazulene/Vinylheptafulvene Photoswitches in Aqueous Environment
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023
Highly Efficient Oxindole-Based Molecular Photoswitches
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023
Replacing the BO in BODIPY: unlocking the path to SBDIPY and BIDIPY chromophores
Part of Chemical Science, p. 6579-6584, 2023
A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on barbituric acid
Part of Chemical Science, p. 8458-8465, 2023
A dinuclear copper(ii) complex with photoswitchable catechol oxidation activity
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 948-951, 2023
Computational study on the reduction and solvolysis of triplet chlorobenzenes
Part of Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2023
Light-Fueled Transformations of a Dynamic Cage-Based Molecular System
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023
Designing P-type bi-stable overcrowded alkene-based chiroptical photoswitches
Part of Chemical Science, p. 4328-4336, 2023
Activating a light-driven molecular motor by metal complexation
Part of Chem, 2023
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 3543-3549, 2022
Visible Light-Enhanced C-H Amination of Cyclic Ethers with Iminoiodinanes
Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 4061-4068, 2022
The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022
Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
Dual-function artificial molecular motors performing rotation and photoluminescence
Part of Science Advances, 2022
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization in Water Tunable by Molecular Geometry
Part of CCS Chemistry, p. 2212-2220, 2022