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Lighting the way with azo switches: A brief overview and future prospects for the field

Chemists have long known about the switching properties of azo compounds, but recently they have started to exploit the change in shape and properties to allow them to control material properties, catalytic activity and selectivity, biomedical applications, and others.

Suraj Patel* and Gareth J. Rowlands

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Lighting the way with azo switches: A brief overview and future prospects for the field

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