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
Probing the Hidden Photoisomerization of a Symmetric Phosphaalkene Switch
Part of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2025
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Part of Science Advances, 2025
- DOI for General strategy for boosting the performance of speed-tunable rotary molecular motors with visible light
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Computational Study on the Dynamics of a Bis(benzoxazole)-Based Overcrowded Alkene
Part of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, p. 1301-1309, 2025
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Modulation of the isomerization of iminothioindoxyl switches by supramolecular confinement
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 9388-9391, 2024
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Synthesis and characterization of cis-bisdiphenylphosphinoethene gold(I) complexes
Part of Comptes rendus. Chimie, p. 113-123, 2024
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Photocatalytic Oxidative Activation of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes for Formal [2σ+2π] Cycloadditions
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 13987-13998, 2024
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Detour to success: photoswitching via indirect excitation
Part of Chemical Science, p. 11684-11698, 2024
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Meta-Ortho Effect on the Excited State Pathways of Chloroanilines
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024
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Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 1330-1338, 2024
Synthesis of Styrylbenzazole Photoswitches and Evaluation of their Photochemical Properties
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024
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A fiber-optic spectroscopic setup for isomerization quantum yield determination
Part of Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 1684-1692, 2024
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All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches
Part of Chemical Science, p. 6763-6769, 2024
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Peptide Conjugated Dihydroazulene/Vinylheptafulvene Photoswitches in Aqueous Environment
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023
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Highly Efficient Oxindole-Based Molecular Photoswitches
Part of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023
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Replacing the BO in BODIPY: unlocking the path to SBDIPY and BIDIPY chromophores
Part of Chemical Science, p. 6579-6584, 2023
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A visible-light-driven molecular motor based on barbituric acid
Part of Chemical Science, p. 8458-8465, 2023
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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
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Light-Fueled Transformations of a Dynamic Cage-Based Molecular System
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023
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Designing P-type bi-stable overcrowded alkene-based chiroptical photoswitches
Part of Chemical Science, p. 4328-4336, 2023
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Activating a light-driven molecular motor by metal complexation
Part of Chem, 2023
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 3543-3549, 2022
- DOI for Photocatalysis in Aqueous Micellar Media Enables Divergent C-H Arylation and N-Dealkylation of Benzamides
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Visible Light-Enhanced C-H Amination of Cyclic Ethers with Iminoiodinanes
Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 4061-4068, 2022
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The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022
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Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Dual-function artificial molecular motors performing rotation and photoluminescence
Part of Science Advances, 2022
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Part of Nature Communications, 2022
- DOI for Synergistic interplay between photoisomerization and photoluminescence in a light-driven rotary molecular motor
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Mechanistic Insight into Supramolecular Polymerization in Water Tunable by Molecular Geometry
Part of CCS Chemistry, p. 2212-2220, 2022
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