Figure 3: Photoinduced NO-releasing properties.
From: Localized cell stimulation by nitric oxide using a photoactive porous coordination polymer platform
(a) The photoreactivity of the ligands 2nIm and mnIm was drastically enhanced on the formation of the PCPs NOF-1 and NOF-2. The [Co(2nIm)2]n did not release a significant quantity of NO, presumably due to low-energy-lying transitions localized on the Co(II) centre and affording the efficient deactivation of the excited states. (b) The NO flux produced upon the photoactivation of NOF-1 can be tuned by varying the intensity of the light source. When the irradiation is interrupted, the NO production is instantly terminated and no leakage is observed in the dark state.
