A rationally designed donor–acceptor conjugate efficiently generates a photoinduced charge-separated state in a cellular environment, achieving photoinduction of neuronal firing.
(π-Extended porphyrin)–fullerene linked molecules are synthesized to utilize the molecular excited states induced by near-infrared light. One of the molecules successfully alters the membrane potential.
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