Li Promoting Long Afterglow Organic Light-Emitting Transistor for Memory Optocoupler Module

Y. Chen, H. Wang, H. Chen, W. Zhang, M. Pätzel, B. Han, K. Wang, S. Xu, V. M.-Garcia, I. McCulloch, S. Hecht and P. Samorì*

Adv. Mater., Accepted Manuscript

Azobenzene isomerization on a reactive copper surface by efficient decoupling with bulky side groups

S. Jaekel, R. Stoll, F. Berger, S. Hecht* and L. Grill* 

Surf. Sci. 2024, 744, 122468

Diaryltriazolium Photoswitch: Reaching a Millisecond Cycloreversion with High Stability and NIR Absorption

D. Kolarski*, P. Steinbach, C. Bannwarth*, K. Klaue and S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202318015

Photoswitchable Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif

B. Tang, M. Pauls, C. Bannwarth* and S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 45-50  

Revisiting Peri-Aryloxyquinones: From a Forgotten Photochromic System to a Promising Tool for Emerging Applications

A. G. Lvov*, L. S. Klimenko, V. N. Bykov and S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202303654

Continuous Volumetric 3D Printing: Xolography in Flow

L. Stüwe, M. Geiger, F. Röllgen, T. Heinze, M. Reuter, M. Wessling, S. Hecht* and J. Linkhorst*

Adv. Mat. 2023, 2306716

Room Temperature On-Surface Synthesis of a Vinylene-Linked Single Layer Covalent Organic Framework

F. G. Fabozzi, N. Severin, J. P. Rabe and S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18205−18209

Quasi-1D Polymer Semiconductor – Diarylethene Blends: High Performance Optically Switchable Transistors

Y. Chen, H. Wang, H. Chen, W. Zhang, S. Xu, M. Pätzel, C. Ma, C. Wang, I. McCulloch, S. Hecht, and P. Samorì*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2305494

DiI-CT—A bimodal neural tracer for X-ray and fluorescence imaging

B. Gerhardt, K. Klaue, L. Eigen, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht* and Michael Brecht*

Cell Rep. Met. 3 2023, 3, 100486

Photoswitchable Inhibitors to Optically Control Specific Kinase Activity

T. Aguirre, E. Teichmann, F. Q. Römpp, R. Vivier, C. Bryant, M. A. Hulverson, W. C. Van Voorhis, K. K. Ojo, J. S. Doggett, D. Fiedler* and S. Hecht*

ACS Chem. Bio. 2023, 18, 1378-1387

A Blueprint for Transforming Indigos to Photoresponsive Molecular Tools

Huang, C.-Y., Hecht, S.

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300981

Red-light photoswitching of indigos in polymer thin films

K. Kuntze, J. Viljakka, M. Virkki, C.-Y. (D.) Huang*, S. Hecht,* A. Priimagi*

Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 2482-2488

Solving the Azobenzene Entropy Puzzle - Direct Evidence for Multi-State Reactivity

M. Reimann, E. Teichmann, S. Hecht* and M. Kaupp*

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 10882–10888

A General Approach for All-visible-light Switching of Diarylethenes through Triplet Sensitization using Semiconducting Nanocrystals

L. Hou,* W. Larsson, S. Hecht, J. Andréasson, B. Albinsson*

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 15833-15842

Combination of Knoevenagel Polycondensation and Water-Assisted Dynamic Michael-Addition-Eliminationfor the Synthesis of Vinylene-Linked 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks

S. Xu, Z. Liao, A. Dianat, S.W. Park, M. A. Addicoat, Y. Fu, D. L. Pastoetter, F. G. Fabozzi, Y. Liu, G. Cuniberti, M. Richter, S. Hecht, X. Feng*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202492.

Mechanistic Insights into the Photoisomerization of N,N'-disubstituted Indigos

Š. Budzák, J. Jovaišaitė, C.-Y. Huang, P. Baronas, K. Tulaitė, S. Juršėnas,* D. Jacquemin,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200496

Diarylethenes in Optically-Switchable Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Direct Investigation of the Reversible Charge Carrier Trapping Process

G. Cotella, A. Bonasera,* G. Carnicella, A. Minotto, S. Hecht*, F. Cacialli*

Adv. Optical Mater. 2022, 10, 2101116

Reversible training of waveguide-based AND/OR gates for optically driven artificial neural networks using photochromic molecules

S.-Y. Rhim, G. Ligorio, F. Hermerschmidt, M. Pätzel, M. Herder, S. Hecht, E. J. W. List-Kratochvil*

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2022, 55, 044002

A photoprogrammable electronic nose with switchable selectivity for VOCs using MOF films

P. Qin, S. Okur, C. Li, A. Chandresh, D. Mutruc, S. Hecht, L. Heinke*

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15700-15709.

Stabilizing Indigo Z-isomer via Intramolecular Associations of Redox-Active Appendages

L. Broløs, K. Klaue, J. Bendix, L. Grubert, S. Hecht*, M. Brøndsted Nielsen*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 6304-6311.

Avoiding the Center-Symmetry Trap: Programmed Assembly of Dipolar Precursors into Crystalline Molecular Thin Films

A. Nefedov, R. Haldar, Z. Xu, H. Kühner, D. Hofmann, D. Goll, B. Sapotta, S. Hecht, M. Krstić, C. Rockstuhl, W. Wenzel, S. Bräse, P. Tegeder, E. Zojer, C. Wöll*

Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2103287

Accelerated Discovery of a-Cyanodiarylethene Photoswitches

N. König, D. Mutruc, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9162-9168

Ternary-Responsive Field-Effect Transistors and Multilevel Memories Based on Asymmetrically Functionalized Janus Few-Layer WSe2

H. Qiu, M. Herder, S. Hecht, P. Samorì*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2102721

Tough Multimaterial Interfaces Through Wavelength-Selective 3D-Printing

N. D. Dolinski, E. B. Callaway, C. S. Sample, L. F. Gockowski, R. Chavez, Z. A. Page, F. Eisenreich, S. Hecht, M. T. Valentine, F. W. Zok, C. J. Hawker*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2021, 13, 22065-22072

Chirality Remote Control in Nanoporous Materials by Circularly Polarized Light

A. B. Kanj, J. Bürck, N. Vankova, C. Li, D. Mutruc, A. Chandresh, S. Hecht, T. Heine, L. Heinke*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7059-7068

Photocontrollable Modulation of Frontier Molecular Orbital Energy Levels of Cyclopentenone-Based Diarylethenes

A. G. Lvov,* M. Herder, L. Grubert, S. Hecht, V. Z. Shirinian

J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 3681-3688

Binding of a TlCl entity by a tetragold metalloligand via metallophilic interactions

N. Frank, I. Pryjomska-Ray, L. Grubert, S. Hecht,* D. Usvyat,* C. Limberg* 

Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 8344-8349.

Multiresponsive Non-Volatile Memories based on Optically Switchable Ferroelectric Organic Field-effect Transistors

M. Carroli, A. G. Dixon, M. Herder, E. Pavlica, S. Hecht, G. Bratina, E. Orgiu*, P. Samorì*

Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2007965

Light-mediated chiroptical switching of an achiral foldamer host in presence of a carbohydrate guest

S. Pramanik, B. Kauffmann, S. Hecht, Y. Ferrand, I. Huc*

Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 93-96

Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing

M. Regehly*, Y. Garmshausen, M. Reuter, N. F. König, E. Israel, D. P. Kelly, C.-Y. Chou, K. Koch, B. Asfari, S. Hecht*

Nature 2020, 588, 620-624

Control of long-distance motion of single molecules on a surface

D. Civita, M. Kolmer, G. J. Simpson, A.-P. Li, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Science 2020, 370, 957-960

Tunable Photomechanics in Diarylethene-Driven Liquid Crystal Network Actuators

M. Lahikainen, K. Kuntze, H. Zeng*, S. Helanterä, S. Hecht, A. Priimägi*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2020, 12, 47939-47947

Graphene transistors for real-time monitoring molecular self-assembly dynamics

M. Gobbi*, A. Galanti, M.-A. Stoeckel, B. Zyska, S. Bonacchi, S. Hecht, P. Samorì*

Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4731

Using Active Surface Plasmons in a Multi-Bit Optical Storage Device to Emulate Long-term Synaptic Plasticity

S.-Y. Rhim, G. Ligorio,* F. Hermerschmidt, J. Hildebrandt, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht, E. J. W. List-Kratochvil

Phys. Status Solidi A 2020, 217, 2000354

Highly Cooperative Photoswitching in Dihydropyrene Dimers

P. Liesfeld, Y. Garmshausen, S. Budzak, J. Becker, A. Dallmann, D. Jacquemin,* S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 19517-19523; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19352-19358

Proton-Gated Ring-Closure of a Negative Photochromic Azulene-Based Diarylethene

I. C.-Y. Hou, F. Berger, A. Narita,* K. Müllen,* S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 18690-18695; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18532-18536

Donor-Acceptor Dihydropyrenes Switchable with Near-Infrared Light

K. Klaue, W. Han, P. Liesfeld, F. Berger, Y. Garmshausen, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11857-11864

Engineering optically switchable transistors with improved performance by controlling interactions of diarylethenes in polymer matrices

L. Hou, T. Leydecker, X. Zhang, W. Rekab, M. Herder, C. Cendra, S. Hecht, I. McCulloch, A. Salleo, E. Orgiu*, P. Samorì*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11050-11059

Ordered Donor-Acceptor Complex Formation and Electron Transfer in Co-Deposited Films of Structurally Dissimilar Molecules

A. Opitz,* C. Peter, B. Wegner, H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte, A. Röttger, T. Florian, X. Xu, P. Beyer, L. Grubert, S. Hecht, V. Belova, A. Hinderhofer, F. Schreiber, C. Kasper, J. Pflaum, Y. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, N. Koch

J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 11023-11031

Engineering crack tortuosity in printed polymer-polymer composites through ordered pores

L. F. Gockowski, N. D. Dolinski, R. Chavez, N. Cohen, F. Eisenreich, S. Hecht, R. M. McMeeking, C. J. Hawker*, M. T. Valentine*

Mater. Horiz. 2020, 7, 1854-1860

Photo-Modulation of Charge Transport in all-semiconducting 2D-1D van der Waals Heterostructures with Suppressed Persistent Photoconductivity Effect

Z. Liu, H. Qiu, C. Wang, Z. Chen, B. Zyska, A. Narita, A. Ciesielski, S. Hecht, L. Chi, K. Müllen, P. Samorì*

Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2001268

Oligothiophene-based Phosphonates for Interfacial Engineering of Ultraflat Transparent Conductive Oxides

M. Timpel,* M. V. Nardi,* B. Wegner, G. Ligorio, L. Pasquali, Jana Hildebrandt, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht, H. Ohta, N. Koch

Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 7, 1902114

Mechanistic Insights into the Triplet Sensitized Photochromism of Diarylethenes

S. Fredrich, T. Morack, M. Sliwa, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 7672-7677

Modulating the luminance of organic light-emitting diodes via optical stimulation of a photochromic molecular monolayer at transparent oxide electrode

G. Ligorio*, G. Cotella, A. Bonasera, N. Zorn Morales, G. Carnicella, B. Kobin, Q. Wang, N. Koch, S. Hecht, E. J.W. List-Kratochvil*, F. Cacialli*

Nanoscale 2020, 12, 5444-5451

Simultaneous effect of UV-radiation and surface modification on the work function and hole injection properties of ZnO thin films

M. Raoufi, U. Hörmann, G. Ligorio, J. Hildebrandt, M. Pätzel, E. List-Kratochvil, S. Hecht, D. Neher*

Phys. Status Solidi A 2020, 217, 1900876

Simultaneous optical tuning of hole and electron transport in ambipolar WSe2 interfaced with a bicomponent photochromic layer: From high-mobility transistors to flexible multilevel memories

H. Qiu, Z. Liu, Y. Yao, M. Herder, S. Hecht, P. Samorì* 

Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1907903.

Dipolar Substitution Impacts Growth and Electronic Properties of para-Sexiphenyl Thin Films

J. Hu, N. Aghdassi, Y. Garmshausen, M. Oehzelt, R. Wang, N. Koch, S. Hecht, S. Duhm,* I. Salzmann*

Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 7, 1901707

Phototuning selectively hole and electron transport in optically switchable ambipolar transistors

W. Rekab, T. Leydecker, L. Hou, H. Chen, M. Kirkus, C. Cendra, M. Herder, S. Hecht, A. Salleo, I. Mc Culloch, E. Orgiu*, P. Samorí*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1908944

The role of morphology in optically switchable transistors based on a photochromic molecule / p-type polymer semiconductor blend

M. Carroli, D. T. Duong, E. Buchaca Domingo, A. Liscio, K. Börjesson, M. Herder, V. Palermo, S. Hecht, N. Stingelin, A. Salleo, E. Orgiu,* P. Samorì*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1907507.

Enlightening Materials with Photoswitches

A. Goulet-Hanssens*, F. Eisenreich*, S. Hecht*

Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1905966

Covalent on-surface polymerization

L. Grill* and S. Hecht*

Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 115-130

General Synthesis and Optical Properties of N-Aryl-N’-Silyldiazenes

C. Chauvier, L. Finck, S. Hecht, M. Oestreich*

Organometallics 2019, 38, 4679-4686

Predicting the yield of ion pair formation in molecular electrical doping: redox-potentials versus ionization energy / electron affinity

B. Wegner, L. Grubert, D. Chercka, A. Opitz, A. Röttger, Y. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder, S. Hecht, K. Müllen, N. Koch*

J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 13839-13848

Imine-based dynamic polymer networks as photoprogrammable amine sensing devices

M. Kathan, C. Jurissek, P. Kovaříček,* S. Hecht*

J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 2378-2382;

Modulating the charge transport in two-dimensional semiconductors via energy level phototuning

H. Qiu, Y. Zhao, Z. Liu, M. Herder, S. Hecht*, P. Samorì*

Adv. Mater. 2019, 39, 1903402

Modulating Guest Uptake in Core-Shell MOFs with Visible Light

D. Mutruc, A. Goulet-Hanssens, S. Fairman, S. Wahl, A. Zimathies, C. Knie, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 12994-12999; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 12862-12867

Multivalency in Heteroternary Surfaces: Self-assembly, Patterning, and Exchange Processes

V. Valderrey, M. Wiemann, P. Jonkheijm*, S. Hecht*, J. Huskens*

ChemPlusChem 2019, 84, 1324-1330.

Designing Molecular Photoswitches for Soft Materials Applications

J. Boelke, S. Hecht*

Adv. Optical Mater. 2019, 7, 1900404

Photoswitchable polymerization catalysis: State of the art, challenges, and perspectives

S. P. Ihrig, F. Eisenreich, S.Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4290-4298

Switching the electronic properties of ZnO surfaces with negative T-type photochromic pyridyl-dihydropyrene layers and impact of Fermi level pinning

Q. Wang, G. Ligorio, R. Schlesinger, V. Diez-Cabanes, D. Cornil, Y. Garmshausen, S. Hecht,* J. Cornil*, E. J. W. List-Kratochvil*, N. Koch*

Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 6, 1900211

Indexing Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction Patterns of Thin Films: Lattices of Higher Symmetry

J. Simbrunner*, S. Hofer, B. Schrode, Y. Garmshausen, S. Hecht, R. Resel, I. Salzmann

J. Appl. Cryst. 2019, 52, 428-439

Optically switchable organic light-emitting transistors

L. Hou, X. Zhang, G. F. Cotella, G. Carnicella, M. Herder, B. M. Schmidt, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht*, F. Cacialli*, P. Samorì*

Nat. Nanotechnol. 2019, 14, 347-353

State of matter dependent charge transfer interactions between planar molecules for doping applications

P. Beyer, D. Pham, C. Peter, N. Koch, E. Meister, W. Brütting, L. Grubert, S. Hecht, D. Nabok, C. Cocchi, C. Draxl, A. Opitz*

Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 1237-1249

Dynamically Switching the Electronic and Electrostatic Properties of Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes with Photochromic Monolayers: Toward Photo-Switchable Optoelectronic Devices

Q. Wang, V. Diez-Cabanes, S. Dell'Elce, A. Liscio, B. Kobin, H. Li, J.-L. Brédas, S. Hecht, V. Palermo, E. List-Kratochvil, J. Cornil, N. Koch,* G. Ligorio*

ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 1102-1110

Stereoinformation Relay: Coupling Diastereoselectivity of a Thermal Diels-Alder Reaction with the Photochemical Ring-Closure of Diarylethenes

K. Broi, A. Fuhrmann, A. Dallmann, F. Berger, S. Hecht*

ChemPhotoChem 2019, 3, 461-466

Uncovering the (un-)occupied electronic structure of a buried hybrid interface

S. Vempati, J.-C. Deinert, L. Gierster*, L. Bogner, C. Richter, N. Mutz, S. Blumstengel, A. Zykov, S. Kowarik, Y. Garmshausen, J. Hildebrandt, S. Hecht, J. Stähler

J. Phys.: Condens. Mater. 2019, 31, 094001 (special issue "Internal Interfaces")

External Reversal of Chirality Transfer in Photoswitches

C. Jurissek, F. Berger, F. Eisenreich, M. Kathan, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2019, 131, 1965-1969; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1945-1949

Oxidative and reductive cyclization in stiff dithienylethenes

M. Kleinwächter, E. Teichmann, L. Grubert, M. Herder, S. Hecht*

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2012-2021 (part of the Thematic Series "Photo-Redox Catalysis for Novel Organic Reactions")

Re- and pre-configurable multi-stable visible light responsive surface topographies

M. Hendrikx, J. ter Schiphorst, E. P. A. van Heeswijk, G. Koçer, C. Knie, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, P. Jonkheijm, D. J. Broer*, A. P. H. J. Schenning*

Small 2018, 14, 1803274

Light-driven molecular trap enables bidirectional manipulation of dynamic covalent systems

M. Kathan, F. Eisenreich, C. Jurissek, A. Dallmann, J. Gurke, S. Hecht*

Nat. Chem. 2018, 10, 1031-1036

Subtle Fluorination of Conjugated Molecules Enables Stable Nanoscale Assemblies on Metal Surfaces

J. Niederhausen, Y. Zhang, F. Cheenicode Kabeer, Y. Garmshausen, B. M. Schmidt, Y. Li, K.-F. Braun, S. Hecht, A. Tkatchenko, N. Koch*, S. W. Hla*

J. Phys. Chem. C  2018, 122, 18902-18911

A photoswitchable catalyst system for remote-controlled (co)polymerization in situ

F. Eisenreich, M. Kathan, A. Dallmann, S. P. Ihrig, T. Schwaar, B. M. Schmidt, S. Hecht*

Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 516-522

Collective molecular switching in hybrid superlattices for light-modulated two-dimensional electronics

M. Gobbi*, S. Bonacchi, J. X. Lian, A. Vercouter, S. Bertolazzi, B. Zyska, M. Timpel, R. Tatti, Y. Olivier, S. Hecht, M. V. Nardi, D. Beljonne, E. Orgiu, P. Samorì*

Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2661

Hole Catalysis as a General Mechanism for Efficient and Wavelength-Independent Z->E Azobenzene Isomerization

A. Goulet-Hanssens, C. Rietze, E. Titov, L. Abdullahu, L. Grubert, P. Saalfrank, S. Hecht*

Chem 2018, 4, 1740-1755

Dependence of the adsorption height of graphene-like adsorbates on their dimensionality

S. Weiß, D. Gerbert, A. Stein, A. K. Schenk, X. Yang, C. Brülke, R. Kremring, S. Feldmann, F. C. Bocquet, M. Gille, S. Hecht, M. Sokolowski, P. Tegeder, S. Soubatch*, F. S. Tautz

Phys. Rev. B 2018, 98, 075410

Fingerprint of Charge Redistribution in the Optical Spectra of Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Semiconductor Interfaces

T. Meisel, M. Sparenberg, M. Gawek, S. Sadofev, B. Kobin, L. Grubert, S. Hecht, E. List-Kratochvil, S. Blumstengel*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 12913-12919

Steering a Cycloaddition Reaction via the Surface Structure

M. Koch, M. Gille, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Surf. Sci. 2018, 678, 194-200

Dynamic photo-switching of electron energy levels at hybrid ZnO/organic photochromic molecule junctions

Q. Wang, G. Ligorio, V. Diez Cabanes, D. Cornil, B. Kobin, J. Hildebrandt, M. V. Nardi, M. Timpel, S. Hecht, J. Cornil, E. J. W. List-Kratochvil, N. Koch*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1800716

Sensitive Assays by Nucleophile-Induced Rearrangement of Photoactivated Diarylethenes

S. Fredrich, A. Bonasera, V. Valderrey, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6432-6440

Solution Mask Liquid Lithography (SMaLL) for One-Step, Multimaterial 3D Printing

N. D. Dolinski, Z. A. Page, E. B. Callaway, F. Eisenreich, R. V. Garcia, R. Chavez, D. P. Bothman, S. Hecht, F. W. Zok, C. J. Hawker*

Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1800364.

Area Increase and Budding in Giant Vesicles Triggered by Light: Behind the Scene

V. N. Georgiev, A. Grafmüller, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, S. Kunstmann, S. Barbirz, R. Lipowsky, R. Dimova*

Adv. Sci. 2018, 5, 1800432

Efficient Light-Induced pKa-Modulation coupled to Base-Catalyzed Photochromism

J. Gurke, Š. Budzák, B. M. Schmidt, D. Jacquemin, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 4888-4893; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4797-4801

Reversible and Efficient Light-Induced Molecular Switching on an Insulator Surface

S. Jaekel, A. Richter, R. Lindner, R. Bechstein, C. Nacci, S. Hecht, A. Kühnle, L. Grill*

ACS Nano 2018, 12, 1821-1828

Taking Photochromism Beyond Visible: Direct One-Photon NIR Photoswitches Operating in the Biological Window

K. Klaue, Y. Garmshausen, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 1429-1432; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1414-1417

Comparing Isomeric Tridentate Carbazole-Based Click Ligands: Metal Complexes and Redox Chemistry

I. Pryjomska-Ray, D. Zornik, M. Pätzel, K. B. Krause, L. Grubert, B. Braun-Cula, S. Hecht*, C. Limberg*

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 5341-5349

Lowering the Healing Temperature of Photoswitchable Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks

A. Fuhrmann, K. Broi, S. Hecht*

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2018, 39, 1700376

On-Surface Annulation Reaction Cascade for the Selective Synthesis of Diindenopyrene

F. Eisenhut, T. Lehmann, A. Viertel, D. Skidin, J. Krüger, S. Nikipar, D. A Ryndyk, C. Joachim, S. Hecht, F. Moresco,* G. Cuniberti

ACS Nano 2017, 11, 12419-12425

Click Chemistry Derived Pyridazines: Electron-Deficient Building Blocks with Defined Conformation and Packing Structure

I. Birkenfelder, J. Gurke, L. Grubert, S. Hecht,* B. M. Schmidt*

Chem. Asian J. 2017, 12, 3156-3161

N,N'-Disubstituted Indigos as Readily Available Red-Light Photoswitches with Tunable Thermal Half-Lives

C.-Y. Huang, A. Bonasera, L. Hristov, Y. Garmshausen, B. M. Schmidt, D. Jacquemin*, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15205-15211

Spiro-Bridged Ladder-Type Oligo(para-phenylene)s: Fine Tuning Solid State Structure and Optical Properties

B. Kobin, J. Schwarz, B. Braun-Cula, M. Eyer, A. Zykov, S. Kowarik, S. Blumstengel, S. Hecht*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1704077

Efficient Sensitized Z->E Photoisomerization of an Iridium(III)-Azobenzene Complex over a Wide Concentration Range

J. Moreno, L. Grubert, J. Schwarz, D. Bléger, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 14090-14095

About underappreciated, yet active conformations of thiourea organocatalysts

A. Supady, S. Hecht, C. Baldauf*

Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4199-4202

Photoswitchable molecules as key ingredients to drive systems away from global thermodynamic minimum

M. Kathan, S. Hecht*

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 5536-5550 (back cover of special issue "Chemical systems out of equilibrium")

Electronic structure changes during the on-surface synthesis of N-doped chevron-shaped graphene nanoribbons

F. Maaß, M. Utecht, S. Stremlau, M. Gille, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht, T. Klamroth, P. Tegeder*

Phys. Rev. B. 2017, 96, 045434

Light-induced ring closure of a diarylethene molecular switch on solid surfaces

F. Nickel,* M. Bernien, M. Herder, S. Wrzalek, P. Chittas, K. Kraffert, L. M. Arruda, L. Kipgen, D. Krüger, S. Hecht, W. Kuch

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 2017, 29, 374001

Ultrafast Light-Driven Substrate Expulsion from the Active Site of a Photoswitchable Catalyst

M. Pescher, L. van Wilderen, S. Grützner, C. Slavov, J. Wachtveitl, S. Hecht, J. Bredenbeck*

Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 12260-12264; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12092-12096

Dihydropyrene as an Aromaticity Probe for Partially Quinoid Push-Pull Systems

Y. Garmshausen, K. Klaue, S. Hecht*

ChemPlusChem 2017, 18, 1025-1029

A Versatile Approach for In Situ Monitoring of Photoswitches and Photopolymerizations

N. D. Dolinski, Z. A. Page*, F. Eisenreich, J. Niu, S. Hecht, J. Read de Alaniz, C. J. Hawker*

ChemPhotoChem 2017, 1, 125-131

Orthogonal switching in four-state azobenzene mixed-dimers

F. Zhao, L. Grubert, S. Hecht, D. Bléger*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3323-3326

Electronic Properties of Optically Switchable Photochromic Diarylethene Molecules at the Interface with Organic Semiconductors

Q. Wang, J. Frisch, M. Herder, S. Hecht, N. Koch*

ChemPhysChem 2017, 18, 722-727 (cover)

Acid-catalysed thermal cycloreversion of a diarylethene:A potential way for triggered release of stored light energy?

J. Gurke, M. Quick, N. P. Ernsting, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 2150-2153

Light-Controlled Reversible Modulation of Frontier Molecular Orbital Energy Levels in Trifluoromethylated Diarylethenes

M. Herder, F. Eisenreich, A. Bonasera, A. Grafl, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 3743-3754

Connectivity pattern modifies excited state relaxation dynamics of fluorophore-photoswitch molecular dyads

F. Schweighöfer, J. Moreno, S. Bobone, S. Chiantia, A. Herrmann, S. Hecht,* J. Wachtveitl*

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 4010-4018

Light-Activated Sensitive Probes for Amine Detection

V. Valderrey, A. Bonasera, S. Fredrich, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 1941-1945; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1914-1918

Electrocatalytic Z->E Isomerization of Azobenzenes

A. Goulet-Hanssens, M. Utecht, D. Mutruc, E. Titov, J. Schwarz, L. Grubert, D. Bléger, P. Saalfrank*, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 335-341. correction

Conditional repair by locally switching the thermal healing capability of dynamic covalent polymers with light

A. Fuhrmann, R. Göstl, R. Wendt, J. Kötteritzsch, M. D. Hager, U. S. Schubert, K. Brademann-Jock, A. F. Thünemann, U. Nöchel, M. Behl, S. Hecht*

Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 13623

Self-assembly of partially fluorinated hexabenzocoronene derivatives in the solid state

T. Breuer*, M. Klues, P. Liesfeld, A. Viertel, M. Conrad, S. Hecht, G. Witte

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 33344-33350

Molecular dissociation on the SiC(0001)-3x3 surface

P. Sonnet*, L. Stauffer, M. Gille, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, C. Cejas, G. Dujardin, A. J. Mayne

PhysChemPhys 2016, 17, 3900-3906

Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoisomerization and Subsequent Unfolding of an Oligo-Azobenzene Foldamer"

S. Steinwand, Z. Yu, S. Hecht*, J. Wachtveitl*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12997-13005

Covalent Assembly and Characterization of Non-Symmetrical Single-Molecule Nodes

C. Nacci, A. Viertel, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 13928-13932; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13724-13728

A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

K. Kumar, C. Knie, D. Bléger*, M. A. Peletier, H. Friedrich, S. Hecht*, D. J. Broer, M. G. Debije*, A. P. H. J. Schenning*

Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 11975

Photochemical Degradation of Various Bridge-Substituted Fluorene-Based Materials

B. Kobin, S. Behren, B. Braun-Cula, S. Hecht*

J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120, 5474-5480

Observing single atom diffusion at a molecule-metal interface

J. Mielke, J. Martínez-Blanco, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Phys. Rev. B. 2016, 94, 035416

Flexible non-volatile optical memory thin-film transistor device with over 256 distinct levels based on an organic bicomponent blend

T. Leydecker, M. Herder, E. Pavlica, G. Bratina, S. Hecht*, E. Orgiu*, P. Samoriì*

Nature Nanotechnology 2016, 11, 769-775

Remote-controlling Imine Exchange Kinetics with Photoswitches to Modulate Self-healing in Polysiloxane Networks by Light

M. Kathan, P. Kovaříček, C. Jurissek, A. Senf, A. Dallmann, A. F. Thünemann, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 14086-14090; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13882-13886 (inside back cover)

Tuning of the Electronic, Optical, and Photophysical Properties of Ladder-Type Quaterphenyl by Selective Methylene-Bridge Fluorination

B. Dänekamp, B. Kobin, S. Bhattacharyya, S. Hecht, B. Milián-Medina, J. Gierschner*

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 16501-16508

Cooperative Switching in Nanofibers of Azobenzene Oligomers

C. Weber, T. Liebig, M. Gensler, A. Zykov, L. Pithan, J. P. Rabe, S. Hecht, D. Bléger, S. Kowarik*

Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 25605

Remote Control over Folding by Light

Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6639-6653

Light-modulation of the charge injection in a polymer thin-film transistor by functionalizing electrodes with bi-stable photochromic self-assembled monolayers

T. Mosciatti, M. G. del Russo, M. Herder, J. Frisch, N. Koch, S. Hecht*, E. Orgiu*, P. Samorì*

Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 6606-6611

Sensitized Two-NIR-Photon Z -> E Isomerization of a Visible-Light-Addressable Bistable Azobenzene Derivative

J. Moreno, M. Gerecke, L. Grubert, S. Kovalenko*, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 1569-1573; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1544-1547.

Reversible photomodulation of electronic communication in a TT-conjugated photoswitch-fluorophore molecular dyad

J. Moreno, F. Schweighöfer, J. Wachtveitl*, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 1070-1075.

Switching Diarylethenes Reliably in Both Directions with Visible Light

S. Fredrich, R. Göstl, M. Herder, L. Grubert, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 1226-1230; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1208-1212

Structural effects in visible-light-responsive metal-organic frameworks incorporating ortho-fluoroazobenzenes

S. Castellanos,* A. Goulet-Hanssens, F. Zhao, A. Dikhtiarenko, A. Pustovarenko, S. Hecht, J. Gascon, F. Kapteijn, D. Bléger*

Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 746-752.

Electronic Activity Tuning of Acyclic Guanidines for Lactide Polymerization

F. Eisenreich, P. Viehmann, F. Müller, S. Hecht*

Macromolecules 2015, 48, 8729-8732

Acylhydrazones as Widely Tunable Photoswitches

D. J. van Dijken, P. Kovaříček, S. P. Ihrig, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14982-14991

Hybrid polaritons in a resonant inorganic/organic semiconductor microcavity

M. Höfner*, S. Sadofev, B. Kobin, S. Hecht, F. Henneberger

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2015, 107, 181109

2-Photon-Induced versus 1-Photon-Induced Isomerization Dynamics of a Bistable Azobenzene Derivative in Solution

J. Moreno, M. Gerecke, A. Dobryakov, I. Ioffe, A. Granovsky, D. Bléger, S. Hecht,* S. Kovalenko*

J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 12281–12288

Conductance of a single flexible molecular wire composed of alternating donor and acceptor units

C. Nacci, F. Ample, D. Bléger, S. Hecht,* C. Joachim, L. Grill*

Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 7397

Tuning the formation of discrete coordination nanostructures

J. Meyer, A. Nickel, R. Ohmann, Lokamani, C. Toher, D. A. Ryndyk, Y. Garmshausen, S. Hecht, F. Moresco,* G. Cuniberti

Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12621-12624

Broadband Transient Absorption Spectroscopy with 1- and 2-Photon Excitation: Relaxation Paths and Cross-Sections of a Triphenylamine Dye in Solution

J. Moreno, A. L. Dobryakov, I. N. Ioffe, A. A. Granovsky, S. Hecht,* S. A. Kovalenko*

J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 143, 024311

Exploring the Conformational Space of Bridge-Substituted Dithi-enylcyclopentenes

M. Fredersdorf, R. Göstl, A. Kolmer, V. Schmidts, P. Monecke, S. Hecht,* C. M. Thiele*

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 14545-14554

Energy Level Engineering at ZnO/Oligophenylene Interfaces with Phosphonate-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers

M. Timpel*, M. Nardi, G. Ligorio, B. Wegner, M. Pätzel, B. Kobin, S. Hecht, N. Koch*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 11900-11907

On-surface Polymerization on a Semiconducting Oxide: Aryl Halide Coupling Controlled by Surface Hydroxyl Groups on Rutile TiO2(011)

M. Kolmer,* R. Zuzak, A. A. Ahmad Zebari, S. Godlewski, J. S. Prauzner-Bechcicki, W. Piskorz, F. Zasada, Z. Sojka, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, M. Szymonski

Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 11276-11279

Discrete Multiporphyrin Pseudorotaxane Assemblies from Di- and Tetravalent Porphyrin Building Blocks

M. Lohse, L. K. S. von Krbek, S. Radunz, S. Moorthy, C. A. Schalley,* S. Hecht*

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 748-762.

Gating the photochromism of an azobenzene by strong host-guest interactions in a divalent pseudo[2]rotaxane

M. Lohse, K. Nowosinski, N. L. Traulsen, A. J. Achazi, L. K. S. von Krbek, B. Paulus,* C. A. Schalley,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9777-9780 (inside cover)

Efficient light emission from inorganic and organic semiconductor hybrid structures by energy-level tuning

R. Schlesinger, F. Bianchi, S. Blumstengel, C. Christodoulou, R. Ovsyannikov, B. Kobin, K. Moudgil, S. Barlow, S. Hecht, S. R. Marder, F. Henneberger, N. Koch*

Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 6754

Optically switchable transistors comprising a hybrid photochromic molecule / n-type organic active layer

K. Börjesson, M. Herder, L. Grubert, D.T. Duong, A. Salleo, S. Hecht,* E. Orgiu,* P. Samorì*

J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 4156-4161

Zinc oxide modified with benzylphosphonic acids as transparent electrodes in regular and inverted organic solar cell structures

I. Lange, S. Reiter, J. Kniepert, F. Piersimoni, M. Pätzel, J. Hildebrandt, T. Brenner, S. Hecht, D. Neher*

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2015, 106, 113302

Optically switchable transistors by simple incorporation of photochromic systems into small-molecule semiconducting matrices

M. El Gemayel, K. Börjesson, M. Herder, D. T. Duong, J. A. Hutchison, C. Ruzié, G. Schweicher, A. Salleo, Y. Geerts, S. Hecht,* E. Orgiu,* P. Samorì*

Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 6330

Light-Controlled ‘Molecular Zippers’ based on Azobenzene Main Chain Polymers

C. Weber, T. Liebig, M. Gensler, L. Pithan, S. Bommel, D. Bléger, J. P. Rabe, S. Hecht, S. Kowarik*

Macromolecules 2015, 48, 1531-1537

Visible Light Activated Molecular Switches

D. Bléger,* S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 11494-11506; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11338-11349.

Improving the Fatigue Resistance of Diarylethene Switches

M. Herder, B. Schmidt, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2738-2747

Surface-induced selection during in situ photoswitching at the liquid-solid interface

S. Bonacchi, M. El Garah, A. Ciesielski, M. Herder, S. Conti, M. Cecchini,* S. Hecht,* P. Samorì*

Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 4947-4951; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4865-4869.

Photoreversible Prodrugs and Protags: Switching the Release of Maleimides under Physiological Conditions by Light

R. Göstl, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 4422-4427

Adatoms Underneath Single Porphyrin Molecules on Au(111)

J. Mielke, F. Hanke, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, M. Persson, L. Grill*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1844-1849 (cover)

Influence of Linkage Chemistry on Folding, Self-assembly, and Photoresponse of Amphiphilic Azobenzene Main Chain Polymers

Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 313-318 (special issue in honor of Jean M. J. Fréchet)

Cascade energy transfer versus charge separation in ladder-type oligo(p-phenylene)/ZnO hybrid structures for light-emitting applications

F. Bianchi, S. Sadofev, R. Schlesinger, B. Kobin, S. Hecht, N. Koch, F. Henneberger, S. Blumstengel*

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 233301

Lattice Matching as the Determining Factor for Molecular Tilt and Multilayer Growth Mode of the Nanographene Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

P. Beyer, T. Breuer, S. Ndiaye, A. Zykov, A. Viertel, M. Gensler, J. P. Rabe, S. Hecht, G. Witte,* S. Kowarik*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 21484-21493

Light-Induced Contraction and Extension of Single Macromolecules on a Modified Graphite Surface

C. L. Lee, T. Liebig, S. Hecht, D. Bléger,* J. P. Rabe*

ACS Nano. 2014, 12, 11987-11993

Controlling the growth mode of para-sexiphenyl (6P) on ZnO by partial fluorination

M. Sparenberg,* A. Zykov,* P. Beyer, L. Pithan, C. Weber, Y. Garmshausen, F. Carla, S. Hecht, S. Blumstengel, F. Henneberger, S. Kowarik

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 26084-26093

ortho-Fluoroazobenzenes: Visible-light switches with very long-lived Z-isomers

C. Knie, M. Utecht, F. Zhao, H. Kulla, S. Kovalenko, A. M. Brouwer,* P. Saalfrank,* S. Hecht,* D. Bléger*

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 16492-16501 (frontispiece).

Strong coupling and laser action of ladder-type oligo(p-phenyl)s in a microcavity

M. Höfner,* B. Kobin, S. Hecht, F. Henneberger

Chem. Phys. Chem. 2014, 15, 3805-3808

Green Emission in Ladder-type Quarterphenyl: Beyond the Fluorenone-Defect

B. Kobin, F. Bianchi, S. Halm, J. Leistner, S. Blumstengel, F. Henneberger,* S. Hecht*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 7717-7727

Tuning the Work Function of Polar Zinc Oxide Surfaces using Modified Phosphonic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayers

I. Lange, S. Reiter, M. Pätzel, A. Zykov, A. Nefedov, J. Hildebrandt, S. Hecht, S. Kowarik, C. Wöll, G. Heimel, D. Neher*

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 7014-7024

Making Non-symmetrical Bricks: Synthesis of Insoluble Dipolar Sexiphenyls

Y. Garmshausen, J. Schwarz, J. Hildebrandt, B. Kobin, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht*

Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 2838-2841

Substrate-controlled linking of molecular building blocks: Au(111) vs. Cu(111)

M. Koch, M. Gille, A. Viertel, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Surf. Sci. 2014, 627, 70-74 (cover)

Gradual Fluorination of Ladder-type Quarterphenyl

B. Kobin, L. Grubert, S. Mebs, B. Braun, S. Hecht*

Isr. J. Chem. 2014, 54, 789-795 (Special Issue dedicated to the memory of Michael Bendikov)

Quantifying the atomic-level mechanics of single long physisorbed molecular chains

S. Kawai,* M. Koch, E. Gnecco, A. Sadeghi, R. Pawlak, T. Glatzel, J. Schwarz, S. Goedecker, S. Hecht, A. Baratoff, L. Grill, E. Meyer

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2014, 111, 3968-3972

Controlling Covalent Connection and Disconnection by Light

R. Göstl, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 8929-8932; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8784-8787

Remote-controlling chemical reactions by light: Towards chemistry with high spatio-temporal resolution

R. Göstl, A. Senf, S. Hecht*

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, 43, 1982-1996

Electronic Communication in Linear Oligo(azobenzene) Radical Anions

A. Moneo, G. C. Justino, M. Fernanda, N. N. Carvalho, M. Conceição Oliveira, A. M. M. Antunes, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, J. P. Telo*

J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 14056-14064

Gating Charge Recombination Rates through Dynamic Bridges in Tetrathiafulvalene-Fullerene Architectures

S. Castellanos, A. A. Vieira, B. M. Illescas, V.Sacchetti, C. Schubert, J. Moreno, D. M. Guldi*, S. Hecht*, N. Martín*

Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 14235-14240; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13985-13990

Control over Unfolding Pathways by Localizing Photoisomerization Events within Heterosequence Oligoazobenzene Foldamers

Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 13985-13989; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13740-13744.

Diarylethene Photoswitches Featuring Tetrathiafulvalene-Containing Aryl Units

S. Castellanos, L. Grubert, R. Stößer, S. Hecht*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 23529-23538

Elucidating the backbone conformation of photoswitchable foldamers using vibrational circular dichroism

S. R. Domingos, S. J. Roeters, S. Amirjalayer, Z. Yu, S. Hecht,* S. Woutersen*

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 17263-17267

Photoinduced reversible changes in the electronic structure of photochromic diarylethene films

J. Frisch, M. Herder, P. Herrmann, G. Heimel, S. Hecht, N. Koch*

Appl. Phys. A 2013, 113, 1-4. DOI 10.1007/s00339-013-7892-z

The role of statistics and microenvironment for the photoresponse in multi-switch architectures: The case of photoswitchable oligoazobenzene foldamers

Z. Yu, S. Weidner, T. Risse*, S. Hecht*

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4156-4167

Aligning the Band Gap of Graphene Nanoribbons by Monomer Doping

C. Bronner*, S. Stremlau, M. Gille, F. Brauße, A. Haase, S. Hecht*, P. Tegeder*

Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 4518-4521; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4422-4425

Modular Synthesis of Monomers for On-surface Polymerization to Graphene Architectures

M. Gille, A. Viertel, S. Weidner, S. Hecht*

Synlett 2013, 24, 259-263

Switching with orthogonal stimuli: Electrochemical ring-closure and photochemical ring-opening of bis(thiazolyl)maleimides

M. Herder, M. Utecht, N. Manicke, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, P. Saalfrank,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1028-1040

o-Fluoroazobenzenes as Readily Synthesized Photoswitches Offering Nearly Quantitative Two-Way Isomerization with Visible Light

D. Bléger,* J. Schwarz, A. M. Brouwer,* S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20597-20600

Design and Synthesis of a Photoswitchable Guanidine Catalyst

P. Viehmann, S. Hecht*

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1825-1830 (part of the Thematic Series "Molecular switches and cages")

Designing a Spiropyran Based Molecular Switch for Carbon Nanotube Functionalization: Influence of Anchor Groups and Tube-Switch Separation

P. Bluemmel,* A. Setaro, C. Maity, S. Hecht*, S. Reich

Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, 249, 2479-2482

Sterically Crowding the Bridge of Dithienylcyclopentenes for Enhanced Photoswitching Performance

R. Göstl, B. Kobin, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14282–14285

Multivalency as Chemical Organization and Function Principle

R. Haag, C. Fasting, C. A. Schalley, M. Weber, O. Seitz, S. Hecht, B. Koksch, J. Dernedde, C. Graf, E.-W. Knapp

Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 10622-10650; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10472-10498

Molecules with multiple switching units on a Au(111) surface: Self-organization and single-molecule manipulation

J. Mielke, S. Selvanathan, M. V. Peters, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht,* L. Grill*

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2012, 24, 394013

Tuning the interaction between carbon nanotubes and dipole switches: Influence of the change of the nanotube-spiropyran distance

P. Bluemmel,* A. Setaro, C. Maity, S. Hecht,* S. Reich

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2012, 24, 394005

Island formation and manipulation of prochiral azobenzene derivatives on Au(111)

S. Selvanathan, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2012, 24, 354013

Optically switchable transistor via energy-level phototuning in a bicomponent organic semiconductor

E. Orgiu, N. Crivillers, M. Herder, L. Grubert, M, Pätzel, J. Frisch, E. Pavlica, D. T. Duong, G. Bratina, A. Salleo, N. Koch*, S. Hecht*, P. Samorì*

Nature Chemistry 2012, 4, 675-679

Cooperative Switching Events in Azobenzene Foldamer Denaturation

Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 10519-10524

Optically Active, Amphiphilic Poly(meta-phenylene ethynylene)s: Synthesis, Hydrogen-Bonding Enforced Helix Stability, and Direct AFM Observation of Their Helical Structures

M. Banno, T. Yamaguchi, K. Nagai, C. Kaiser, S. Hecht*, E. Yashima*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8718-8728

Bis(phenoxy-azo)titanium(IV) complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Activity in Styrene Polymerization

R. Tanaka, P. Viehmann, S. Hecht*

Organometallics 2012, 31, 4216-4220

Polymerization on Stepped Surfaces: Alignment and Catalytic Sites

A. Saywell, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 5186-5190; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5096-5100

Amphiphilic Folded Dendrimer Discs and their Thermosensitive Self-Assembly in Water

T. El Malah, S. Rolf, S. M. Weidner, A. F. Thünemann,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5837-5842

Noncovalent Functionalization of Individual Nanotubes with Spiropyran-Based Molecular Switches

A. Setaro,* P. Bluemmel, C. Maity, S. Hecht*, S. Reich

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 2425-2431

Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth

L. Lafferentz, V. Eberhardt, C. Dri, C. Africh, G. Comelli, F. Esch, S. Hecht*, L. Grill*

Nature Chemistry 2012, 4, 215-220

Vacuum-processible ladder-type oligophenylenes for organic-inorganic hybrid structures: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties upon increasing planarization as well as thin film growth

B. Kobin, L. Grubert, S. Blumstengel,* F. Henneberger,* S. Hecht*

J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 4383-4390

Light-Triggered Conversion of Non-Ionic into Ionic Surfactants: Towards Chameleon Detergents for 2-D Gel Electrophoresis

O. Bogen, P. Milosevic, H. Daroszi, M. Dreger, S. Hecht,* F. Hucho*

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2012, 11, 497-499

Synthesis of a New Class of Bis(thiourea)hydrazide Pseudopeptides as Potential Inhibitors of ß–Sheet Aggregation

J. J. Klein, S. Hecht*

Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 330-333

Conformationally pre-organized and pH-responsive flat dendrons: Synthesis and self-assembly at the liquid-solid interface

T. El Malah, A. Ciesielski, L. Piot, S. I. Troyanov, U. Mueller, S. Weidner, P. Samorì,* S. Hecht*

Nanoscale 2012, 4, 467-472. Back cover

Light-Orchestrated Macromolecular “Accordions”: Reversible Photoinduced Shrinking of Rigid-Rod Polymers

D. Bléger,* T. Liebig, R. Thiermann, M. Maskos,* J. P. Rabe,* S. Hecht *

Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 12767-12771; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 12559-12563

Toward optomechanics: Maximizing the photodeformation of individual molecules

D. Bléger,* Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12260-12266

Modulating the self-assembly of rigid “clicked” dendrimers at the solid-liquid interface by tuning non-covalent interactions between side groups

A. Cadeddu, A. Ciesielski, T. El Malah, S. Hecht*, P. Samorì*

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 10578-10580

Electronic Decoupling Approach to Quantitative Photoswitching in Linear Multiazobenzene Architectures

D. Bléger, J. Dokić, M. Peters, L. Grubert, P. Saalfrank*, S. Hecht*

J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 9930-9940

Reversible and Quantitative Denaturation of Amphiphilic Oligo(azobenzene) Foldamers

Z. Yu, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 1678-1681; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1640-1643

Designing Structural Motifs for Clickamers: Exploiting the 1,2,3-Triazole Moiety to Generate Conformationally Restricted Molecular Architectures

D. Zornik, R. M. Meudtner, T. El Malah, C. M. Thiele, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 1473-1484

Photoswitchable triple hydrogen-bonding motif

M. Herder, M. Pätzel, L. Grubert, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 460-462 in "Emerging Investigators" Issue.

Photoswitching Vertically Oriented Azobenzene Self-Assembled Monolayers at the Solid-Liquid Interface

D. Bléger, A. Ciesielski, P. Samorì*, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 14256-14260

Complexes of Click-Derived Bistriazolylpyridines: Remarkable Electronic Influence of Remote Substituents on Thermodynamic Stability as well as Electronic and Magnetic Properties

M. Ostermeier, M.-A. Berlin, R. Meudtner, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, C. Limberg,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10202-10213

Artificial Light-Gated Catalyst Systems

R. S. Stoll, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 5176-5200; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5054-5075

Photoswitches: From Molecules to Materials

M.-M. Russew, S. Hecht*

Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 3348-3360

On the electronic and geometrical structure of the trans- and cis-isomer of tetra-tert-butyl-azobenzene on Au(111)

R. Schmidt, S. Hagen, D. Brete, R. Carley, C. Gahl, J. Dokic, P. Saalfrank, S. Hecht, P. Tegeder,* M. Weinelt*

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 4488-4497

Photoisomerization Ability of Molecular Switches Adsorbed on Au(111): Comparison Between Azobenzene and Stilbene Derivatives

F. Leyssner, S. Hagen, L. Óvári, J. Dokic, P. Saalfrank, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, T. Klamroth, P. Tegeder*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 1231-1239

From Peptides to their Alternating Ester-Urea Analogues: Synthesis and Influence of Hydrogen-Bonding Motif and Stereochemistry on Aggregation

S. Hartwig, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*

J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 772-782

Polypseudopeptides with Variable Stereochemistry: Synthesis via Click-Chemistry, Postfunctionalization, and Conformational Behavior in Solution

S. Hartwig, S. Hecht*

Macromolecules 2010, 43, 242–248

Exponential growth of functional poly(glutamic acid) dendrimers with variable stereochemistry

S. Hartwig, M. M. Nguyen, S. Hecht*

Polym. Chem. 2010, 1, 69-71 (inside front cover)

Single molecular wires connecting metallic and insulating surface areas

C. Bombis, F. Ample, L. Lafferentz, H. Yu, S. Hecht, C. Joachim, L. Grill*

Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 10151-10155; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9966-9970

Immobilization of a Photoswitchable Piperidine Base

R. S. Stoll, S.Hecht*

Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4790-4793

Quantum Chemical Investigation of Thermal Cis-to-Trans Isomerization of Azobenzene Derivatives: Substituent Effects, Solvent Effects and Comparison to Experimental Data

J. Dokić, M. Gothe, J. Wirth, M. V. Peters, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*, P. Saalfrank*

J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 6763-6773

Modulating Large Area Self-Assembly at the Liquid-Solid Interface via pH-mediated Conformational Switching

L. Piot, R. M. Meudtner, T. El Malah, S. Hecht*, P. Samori*

Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4788-4792

Conductance of a Single Conjugated Polymer as a Continuous Function of Its Length

L. Lafferentz, F. Ample, H. Yu, S. Hecht*, C. Joachim, L. Grill*

Science 2009, 323, 1193-1197

Photoswitchable Catalysts: Correlating Structure and Conformational Dynamics with Reactivity by a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach

R. S. Stoll, M. V. Peters, A. Kühn, S. Heiles, R. Goddard, M. Bühl,* C. M. Thiele,* S. Hecht*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 357-367

Spatial periodicity in molecular switching

C. Dri, M. V. Peters, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*, L. Grill*

Nature Nanotechnology 2008, 3, 649-653

Reversible Isomerization of an Azobenzene Derivative Adsorbed on Au(111): Analysis Using Vibrational Spectroscopy

L. Óvári, J. Schwarz, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, M. Wolf, P. Tegeder*

Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2008, 277, 223-228

Kinetic analysis of the photochemically and thermally induced of an azobenzene derivative on Au(111) probed by two-photon photoemission

S. Hagen, P. Kate, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, M. Wolf, P. Tegeder*

Appl. Phys. A 2008, 93, 253-260

Formation and manipulation of discrete supramolecular azobenzene assemblies

S. Solvanathan, M. V. Peters, J. Schwarz, S. Hecht*, L. Grill*

Appl. Phys. A 2008, 93, 247-252

Photoswitching of Basicity

M. V. Peters, R. S. Stoll, A. Kühn, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 6056-6060; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5968-5972

Adsorption and switching properties of azobenzene derivatives on different noble metal surfaces: Au(111), Cu(111), and Au(100)

M. Alemani, S. Solvanathan, F. Ample, M. V. Peters, K.-H. Rieder, F. Moresco, C. Joachim, S. Hecht, L. Grill*

J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 10509-10514

Helicity Inversion in Novel Responsive Foldamers Induced by Achiral Halide Anions

R. M. Meudtner, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 5004-5008; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 4926-4930

Poly(propylene oxide)-Poly(phenylene ethynylene) Block and Graft Copolymers

M. A. Balbo Block, S. Hecht*

Macromolecules 2008, 41, 3219-3227.

Responsive Backbones Based on Poly[(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl-1,3-pyridine)-alt-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl-1,3-phenylene)]s: From Helically Folding Polymers to Metallosupramolecularly Crosslinked Gels

R. M. Meudtner, S. Hecht*

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, 29, 347-351. DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700817

Study and Manipulation of Single Functionalized Molecules by Low Temperature STM

L. Grill*, M. Alemani, K.-H. Rieder, F. Moresco, G. Rapenne, C. Joachim, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht

J. Scann. Probe Microsc. 2007, 2, 19-23

Multifunctional “Clickates” as Versatile Extended Heteroaromatic Building Blocks: Efficient Synthesis via Click Chemistry, Conformational Preferences, and Metal Coordination

R. M. Meudtner, M. Ostermeier, R. Goddard, C. Limberg,* S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 9834-9840

Construction of covalently bound molecular nano-architectures

L. Grill*, M. Dyer, L. Lafferentz, M. Persson, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht*

Nature Nanotechnology 2007, 2, 687-691. Cover

Electronic structure of the molecular switch tetra-tert-butyl-azobenzene adsorbed on Ag(111)

P. Tegeder*, S. Hagen, F. Leyßner, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht, T. Klamroth, P. Saalfrank, M. Wolf

Appl. Phys. A 2007, 88, 465-472

Electric Field-Induced Isomerization of Azobenzene by STM

M. Alemani, M. V. Peters, S. Hecht,* K.-H. Rieder, F. Moresco, L. Grill*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14446-14447

Synthesis and Characterization of Azobenzene-Confined Porphyrins

M. V. Peters, R. Goddard, S. Hecht*

J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 7846-7849

On the Illusive Nature of ortho-Formylazobenzenes: Exploiting the Nucleophilicity of the Azo Group for Cyclization to Indazole Derivatives

M. V. Peters, R. S. Stoll, R. Goddard, G. Buth, S. Hecht*

J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 7840-7845

Towards Photocontrolling the Helix-Coil Transition in Foldamers: Synthesis and Photoresponsive Behavior of Azobenzene-Core Amphiphilic Oligo(meta-phenylene ethynylene)s

A. Khan, S. Hecht*

Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 4764-4774

Synthesis of a Novel Chiral Squaraine Dye and its Unique Aggregation Behavior in Solution and in Self-Assembled Monolayers

R. S. Stoll, N. Severin, J. P. Rabe,* S. Hecht*

Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 1271-1275

Prototype of a Photoswitchable Foldamer

A. Khan, C. Kaiser, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 1912-1915; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1878-1881

Poly(ortho-phenylene ethynylene)s: Synthetic Accessibility and Optical Properties

A. Khan, S. Hecht*

J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2006, 44, 1619-1627

Wrapping Peptide Tubes – Merging Biological Self-Assembly and Polymer Synthesis

M. A. Balbo Block, S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 7146-7149; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6986-6989

Design of Branched and Chiral Solvatochromic Probes: Towards Quantifying Polarity Gradients in Dendritic Macromolecules

P. Milosevic, S. Hecht*

Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 5023-5026

Functionally Layered Dendrimers: A New Building Block and its Application to the Synthesis of Multichromophoric Light-Harvesting Systems

W. R. Dichtel, S. Hecht, J. M. J. Fréchet*

Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4451-4454

Construction with Macromolecules

S. Hecht*

Materials Today 2005, 8(3), 48-55

Practical synthesis of an amphiphilic, non-ionic poly(para-phenyleneethynylene) derivative with a remarkable quantum yield in water

A. Khan, S. Müller, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2005, 584-586

Optical Switching of Hierarchical Self-Assembly – Towards "Enlightened" Materials

S. Hecht*

Small 2005, 1, 26-29

Functional Organic Nanotubes from Hollow Helical Scaffolds

A. Khan, S. Hecht*

Synth. Met. 2004, 147, 37-42

Alternating (Squaraine-Receptor) Sensory Polymers: Modular One-Pot Synthesis and Signal Transduction via Conformationally Controlled Exciton Interaction

M. A. Balbo Block, S. Hecht*

Macromolecules 2004, 37, 4761-4769

Microwave-assisted synthesis of lengthy and defect-free poly(m-phenyleneethynylene)s via AB’ and A2+BB’ polycondensation routes

A. Khan, S. Hecht*

Chem. Commun. 2004, 300-301

Avenues into the Synthesis of Illusive Poly(m-phenylene-alt-squaraine)s: Polycondensation of m-Phenylenediamines with Squaric Acid Intercepted by Intermediate Semisquaraines of Exceptionally Low Reactivity

M. A. Balbo Block, A. Khan, S. Hecht*

J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 184-187

Intramolecular Crosslinking of Helical Folds: A Novel Approach to Organic Nanotubes

S. Hecht*, A. Khan

Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 6203-6206; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 6021-6024

Functionalizing the Interior of Dendrimers – Synthetic Challenges and Applications

S. Hecht*

J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2003, 41, 1047-1058. Cover

Welding, Organizing, and Planting Molecules on Substrate Surfaces – Promising New Approaches towards Nanoarchitectonics from the Bottom up

S. Hecht*

Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 24-26; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 24-26

The Effect of Macromolecular Architecture in Nanomaterials: A Comparison of Site Isolation in Porphyrin Core Dendrimers and their Isomeric Linear Analogs

E. M. Harth, S. Hecht, B. Helms, E. E. Malmstrom, J. M. J. Fréchet*, C. J. Hawker*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3926-3938

Light-driven Catalysis within Dendrimers: Designing Amphiphilic Singlet Oxygen Sensitizers

S. Hecht, J. M. J. Fréchet*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6959-6960

Dendritic Encapsulation of Function: Applying Nature’s Site Isolation Principle from Biomimetics to Materials Science

S. Hecht, J. M. J. Fréchet*

Angew. Chem. 2001, 113, 76-94; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 74-91

Encapsulation of Functional Moieties within Branched Star Polymers: Effect of Chain Length and Solvent on Site Isolation

S. Hecht, N. Vladimirov, J. M. J. Fréchet*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 18-25

Effect of Core Structure on Photophysical and Hydrodynamic Properties of Porphyrin Dendrimers

M. S. Matos, J. Hofkens, W. Verheijen, F. C. De Schryver*, S. Hecht, K. W. Pollak, J. M. J. Fréchet*, B. Forier, W. Dehaen

Macromolecules 2000, 33, 2967-2973

Hyperbranched Porphyrins – a Rapid Synthetic Approach to Multiporphyrin Macromolecules

S. Hecht, T. Emrick, J. M. J. Fréchet*

Chem. Commun. 2000, 313-314

Porphyrin Core Star Polymers: Synthesis, Modification, and Implication for Site Isolation

S. Hecht, H. Ihre, J. M. J. Fréchet*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9239-9240

An Alternative Synthetic Approach toward Dendritic Macromolecules: Novel Benzene-Core Dendrimers via Alkyne Cyclotrimerization

S. Hecht, J. M. J. Fréchet*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4084-4085

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Donor-Acceptor-Polyenes. I: All-trans-4-dimethylamino-4'-cyano-1,4-diphenylbutadiene (DCB)

H. Braatz, S. Hecht, H. Seifert, S. Helm, J. Bendig*, W. Rettig*

J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry 1999, 123, 99-108

Wavelength-Dependent Photochemistry of 4-Methoxy-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexenones

W. G. Dauben, S. Hecht*

J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 6102-6107

Simultaneous Two-Photon Excitation Energy Transfer (SEET) and Non-Linear Photochemistry

M. Nickoleit, S. Hecht, A. Uhl, J. Bendig*

J. Inf. Rec. Mater. 1996, 23, 63-66

Sensitized Photocatalytical Oxidation of Terbutylazine

H. Ross, J. Bendig*, S. Hecht

Solar Energy Mater. & Solar Cells 1994, 33, 475-481