Photoswitchable Biomaterial Functions through Tethering of Photoisomerizable Units to Proteins

1 Photoswitchable Biomaterial Functions through Tethering of Photoisomerizable Units to Proteins 

Intermolecular recognition is the most fundamental feature of biomaterial functions. Biochemical transformations in which intermolecular recognition and binding events play a central role include  

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2 Photoswitchable Biomaterials by Integration of Biomaterials with Photoisome-rizable Matrices and Microenvironments 

The physical and chemical properties of photoisomerizable molecular films or photoisomerizable polymers are controlled by light. Photochemical control of the formation of liquid crystal phases, or sol-gel transitions,137 381 of polymers containing photoisomerizable components demonstrates signal regulation of the structure and properties of microscopic and macroscopic phases. Physicochemical properties of photoisomerizable membrane-mimetic assemblies such as liposomes,1241 mono- 

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