Light turns On and Off - A photoactive molecular switch | colour.education

Опубликовано: 07 Август 2026
на канале: colour.education
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Production: Tricast Medienproduktion
Concept and screenplay: Michael W. Tausch - Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Presenter: Niklas Drude
Special thanks to: Simone Kröger - Univ. Münster / Ingrid Reisewitz-Swertz - Bergische Universität Wuppertal / DFG, Photo-MINT Project

The properties of some high-tech materials can be reversibly switched by irradiation with light. This is demonstrated in the video by an “intelligent” transparency containing a photoactive molecular switch. Its structure and properties are explained.

On behalf of the Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Science