Shoko Kume, Masato Kurihara, and Hiroshi Nishihara
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, the University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN
Reversible trans-cis isomerization of meta-bipyridylazobenzene coordinated to cobalt was achieved by a
combination of photoirradiation with a single UV light source and a Co(II)/Co(III) redox reaction. The trans/cis
conversion performance was significantl
Keyword : Pphotoisomerization, Azobenzene, Cobalt complex, Bipyridine, Redox