Seminar by Prof. Rémi Métivier (Université Paris-Saclay) on "The wonderful world of diarylethenes, from fluorescence photoswitching to energy storage".

18 Nov 2025
Seminar Room # 350, second floor annex

Speaker: Prof. Rémi Métivier
Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM
Laboratory, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Title: "The wonderful world of diarylethenes, from fluorescence photoswitching to energy storage".

Day and Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Time: 16.00 Hrs.

Venue: Room no. 350, Chemistry Department
Second floor, Annex

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Hosted by Prof. Ruchi Anand

Talk Title : "The wonderful world of diarylethenes, from fluorescence photoswitching to energy storag".
Abstract
Diarylethene derivatives are a fascinating and high-performance family of photochromic molecules. When combined with fluorophores, they give rise to multiple intra- and intermolecular energy transfer processes, especially within molecular nanoparticles,[1] leading to giant amplification effects[2] or unprecedented zero-order photokinetics,[3] which are of particular interest in the super-resolution imaging area. Besides, when diarylethenes feature a protonatable group, their thermal back-reaction becomes controllable with catalytic amounts of acid, opening up extremely promising prospects in the field of molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage systems.[4] These different properties require an exploration of the elementary processes behind the effects observed at the macroscopic scale.[2-5]