Ivan Aprahamian

Selected Publications

• Q. Qiu, S. Yang, M. A. Gerkman, H. Fu, I. Aprahamian, G. G. D. Han,  Photon Energy Storage in Strained Cyclic Hydrazones: Emerging Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Compounds J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12627–12631

• L.-Q. Zheng, S. Yang, S.Krähenbühl, V.V.Rybkin, J. Lan, I. Aprahamian, R. Zenobi, Effect of the alkyl linker length on the photoisomerization of hydrazone switches on metal surfaces Mater. Today Chem. 2022, 24, 100797
  
  Part of a special issue dedicated to Fraser Stoddart's 80th birthday

• S. Yang, J. D. Harris, A. Lambai, L. L. Jeliazkov, G. Mohanty, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi, I. Aprahamian, Multistage Reversible Tg Photomodulation and Hardening of Hydrazone-Containing Polymers J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16348-16353

• R. Liang, J. Samanta, B. Shao, M. Zhang, R. J. Staples, A. D. Chen, M. Tang, Y. Wu, I. Aprahamian, C. Ke, A Heteromeric Carboxylic-acid-based Single Crystalline Crosslinked Organic Framework Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23176-23181

  Selected as a Very Important Paper

• S. Yang, D. Larsen, M. Pellegrini, S. Meier, D. F. Mierke, S. R. Beeren, I. Aprahamian, Dynamic enzymatic synthesis of γ-cyclodextrin using a photoremovable hydrazone template Chem 2021, 7, 2190-2200.
  
  ​Highlighted in C&EN, COSMOS, Dartmouth News,​ NRC and ChemistryWorld

• B. Shao, I. Aprahamian, Hydrazones as New Molecular Tools, Chem 2020, 6, 2162-2173

• I. Aprahamian, The Future of Molecular Machines, ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 347–358

• X. Guo, B. Shao, S. Zhou, I. Aprahamian, Z. Chen, Visualizing intracellular particles and precise control of drug release using an emissive hydrazone photochrome Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3016–3021

• L.-Q. Zheng, S. Yang, J. Lan, L. Gyr, G. Goubert, H. Qian, I. Aprahamian, R. Zenobi, Solution phase and surface photoisomerization of a hydrazone switch with long thermal half-life J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17637–17645

• B. Shao, H. Qian, Q. Li, I. Aprahamian, Structure Property Analysis of the Solution and Solid-State Properties of Bistable Photochromic Hydrazones J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8364−8371

• A. Ryabchun, Q. Li, F. Lancia, I. Aprahamian, N. Katsonis, Shape-Persistent Actuators from Hydrazone Photoswitches J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1196–1200

• M. J. Moran, M. Magrini, D. Walba, I. Aprahamian, Driving a Liquid Crystal Phase Transition using a Photochromic Hydrazone J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13623–13627

• B. Shao, M. Baroncini, H. Qian, L. Bussotti, M. Di Donato, A. Credi, I. Aprahamian, Solution and Solid-State Emission Toggling of a Photochromic Hydrazone J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12323–12327

  Highlighted in ScienceDaily, PhysOrg, and other news outlets