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1Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The synthesis of a photoswitchable piperidine base, carrying a monochlorosilane anchoring group, and its immobilization on silica gel, mimicking an oxide surface, is reported. Efficient photoswitching between the E and Z isomers of the azobenzene photochrome was demonstrated for the immobilization precursor in solution and the immobilized piperidine base in suspension of the functionalized silica gel.
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