Properties of select multichromophoric photoswitches compared to analogous single chromophores.

Photoswitch	ref.	Number of chromophore units	λ onset/nm	QY	t 1/2	ΔH/kJ mol−1	Energy density/kJ kg−1
	27	1	374b	0.39	22 h	102	469
	13	2	411c	0.94	4.33 h (QC–QC)	183.3	514.2
	27	1	358b	0.58	1320 h	122	629
	13	2	400c	0.73	10.6 days (QC–QC)	237.9 (calculated)	771.4 (calculated)
	31	2	370c	0.56	2 days	175	678
	101	1	426b	0.53	72 h	152	575
	25	2	466b	0.77	12 h (QC–QC)	146.8	326
	100	1	390b	0.61	0.22 days	114	571
	32	2	420a	0.44	10.7 min	—	—
	69	1	347 (n–πa band) d	0.23	37.7 min	54.1	255
	69	2	357a	0.11	28.1 h	94.2	272
	69	3	362a	0.09	20.5 h	116	242
	87	1	355 (λmax)e	—	216 min	—	—
	87	2	408 (λmax)e	—	—	—	—
	87	2	365 (λmax)e	—	160 min	—	—

^aValues extracted manually from the reported spectra. Solvents used for measurements.

^bToluene.

^cCyclohexane.

^dTHF.

^eMeCN.