https://www.selleckchem.com/products/seclidemstat.html Molecular photoswitches based on the norbornadiene--quadricylane (NBD--QC) couple have been proposed as key elements of molecular solar-thermal energy storage schemes. To characterise the intrinsic properties of such systems, reversible isomerization of a charge-tagged NBD-QC carboxylate couple is investigated in a tandem ion mobility mass spectrometer, using light to induce intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition of NBD carboxylate to form the QC carboxylate and driving the back reaction with molecular collisions. The NBD carboxylate photoisomerization action spectrum recorded by monitoring the QC carboxylate photoisomer extends from 290 nm to 360 nm with a maximum at 315 nm, and in the longer wavelength region resembles the NBD carboxylate absorption spectrum recorded in solution. Key structural and photochemical properties of the NBD--QC carboxylate system, including the gas-phase absorption spectrum and the energy storage capacity, are determined through computational studies using density functional theory.Physical vapor deposition can produce remarkably stable glassy materials. However, a mechanistic understanding of the interplay between control parameters during such nonequilibrium processing (e.g., deposition rate, substrate temperature, incident velocity, etc.) remains an unresolved challenge to date. In this study, we report on the discovery of a dual role of incident molecules' mass-center velocity in controlling the stability of vapor-deposited glasses through atomistic modeling. On one hand, larger velocities would impose the surface atoms into a higher effective temperature environment and facilitate the relaxation as the sample approaches the glass transition temperature. On the other hand, larger velocities would meanwhile cause faster cooling rates for the deposited molecules and destabilize the sample. The competition between the two factors results in a remarkable nonmonotonic variation of the sam