| Summary: | <p>This thesis describes the design of novel redshifted azobenzene scaffolds with tuneable
thermal half-lives. These photoswitches are employed within photoswitchable ion transporters
and halogen bonding catalysts.</p>
<p>Chapter 1 Outlines the field of ion transport and the design of synthetic ionophores, followed
by an introduction to manipulating biological systems with light.</p>
<p>Chapter 2 describes the development of novel, highly redshifted azobenzene scaffolds,
showcasing robust periods trends in relation to absorption wavelength, solid-state structure
conformations, (Z)-isomer half-life and glutathione stability.</p>
<p>Chapter 3 concerns the design, synthesis and transport properties of fully reversible
redshifted photoswitchable anion transporters.</p>
<p>Chapter 4 broadens the scope of the explored photoswitches by functionalisation with
different receptor groups, showcasing proof-of-principle studies towards achieving halogen
bonding photoswitchable catalysis and ion pair binding.</p>
<p>Chapter 5 summarises the conclusions and future work for this thesis</p>
<p>Chapter 6 outlines the experimental procedures conducted during this work</p>
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