A cleavable azo linker was synthesized and reacted with 5-(6)-carboxytetramethyl rhodamine succinimidyl ester, followed by further reactions with di(N-succinimidyl) carbonate and 5-(3-amino-1-propynyl)-2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate [dUTP(AP3)] to obtain the terminal product dUTP-azo linker-TAMRA as a potential reversible terminator for DNA sequencing by synthesis with no need for 3'-OH blocking.

Reversible fluorescence photoswitching of RSA-AZO dyad 1 was clearly demonstrated in an acidic aqueous solution. The fluorescence photoswitching mechanism is based on the reversible ring opening/closing reactions of the RSA unit induced by a photochromic pK(a) change along with the photoisomerization of the AZO unit.

in 0.1 M ionic strength aqueous solution at 120 for the following: 2,4-dihydroxy4'-nitroazobenzene (I), 2,4-dihydroxy-4'-sulfonateazobenzene (II), and p-(2hydroxy-l-naphthylazo) benzenesulfonic acid (III). The reported values of k231 were 4O X 105, 3.6 X 105, and 3.6 X 106 M-1 sec-1. They attributed the much lower values of k23, for these acids than the value3 k23, 2 X 109 M-1 sec-1 kn,' for th...

This communication reports a new approach to synthesize amphiphilic block copolymers. The copolymers with well-defined structures were synthesized by macromolecular azo-coupling reaction between the diazonium salt of aniline-functionalized PEG and the polymeric blocks with a terminal suitable for the azo-coupling reaction.

We report the observation of simultaneous two and three photon resonances, enhancing the third-order NLO susceptibility in a thin film of an azo-dye polymer. The possibility of 2-3 orders of magnitude increase in χ((3)) susceptibility is sustained by quantum mechanical calculations. This improves the applications of azo-polymers in all optical signal processing as well as in nonlinear optical i...

The novel photoswitchable bis-azo derivative reported herein shows a high temporal resolution of 2 × 10(8) times between the thermal relaxation rates of its two constituting photochromes. Moreover, the slow and fast azo building blocks of this molecular construct can be triggered by using UV and visible light, respectively.

in this study, the adsorption of 4-hydroxy phenyl-azobenzene on the surface of (4, 0) zigzag open-end boron nitride nanotube (bnnt) has been investigated by quantum calculations. in order to find the preferred adsorption site, different positions and orientations were considered. the impacts of donor-acceptor electron delocalization on the structural and electronic properties and reactivity of ...

background and objectives: synthetic dyes are recalcitrant to degradation and toxic to different organisms. decolorization of textile wastewaters is one of the major concerns since last decades. physical-chemical treatments are very expensive and frequently producing large amounts of toxic wastes. biological treatments can be more convenient. in the present study, an attempt has been made for d...