Molecular and biomolecular assemblies based on photochromic compounds

Photoswitchable redox-activated monolayers on electrode supports act as mol ecular electronic systems for the electronic transduction of recorded photo nic information. Photoisomerizable monolayers assembled on electrodes may a ct as command interfaces far controlling interfacial electron transfer and thus act as interfaces for the amperometric transduction of photonic signal s recorded by the monolayer. Photoswitchable biomaterials assembled on elec tronic transducers represent novel optobioelectronic systems. This is exemp lified by the organization of a photoswitchable enzyme for the amplified am perometric transduction of photonic signals, and by the tailoring of revers ible immunosensor systems.