Our work on photopatternable MOFs in Angewandte Chemie

Reversible Optical Writing and Data Storage in an Anthracene‐Loaded Metal‐Organic Framework

The confinement of anthracene molecules in a metal-organic framework enables reversible yellow to-purple photoswitching of the fluorescence emission. The photoresponse of the host-guest system strongly relies on the unique properties of the MOF host, i.e., the pore geometry, connectivity and volume as well as the structural flexibility. The solid-state photoswitching allows the development of photopatternable, erasable and rewritable paper. Thanks to our international collaborators from KU Leuven, Kiel and Munich!