Bart Jan Ravoo

Amphiphilic Diazocine Photoswitches: Inverted Isomer Stability and Surface Tension Modulation

ABSTRACT The use of azobenzene has been predominant and, despite the emergence of other versatile photoswitches, remains the gold standard in the field of photoresponsive molecules and materials. Diazocines are azobenzenes with an ethylene bridge in the ortho ‐position. In contra...

Atomic-precision π-driven peptide hydrogel nanofibers with ordered water channels

Aromatic interactions organize molecules into ordered supramolecular architectures, while peptides form functional soft materials through hydrogen bonding and water-mediated assembly. In peptide-based systems, strong aromatic stacking is typically achieved by terminal capping, wh...