Molecules that change shape under the influence of light can be used as switches in biomedical applications, for instance to inhibit an enzyme. An international team of researchers, including chemists at the Universities of Amsterdam and Groningen, have now resolved the fundamentals of the molecular switching behaviour of a specific class of switchable molecules called azonium compounds. In the high-ranking ‘Journal of the American Chemical Society’ (JACS), they present a quantitative ana...
