photocage

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ cage.

Noun

photocage (plural photocages)

  1. (chemistry, physics) Any of several molecular species that can be activated by light; they are used especially in biochemistry to attach a molecule to a biologically active compound and then study its behaviour once activated.
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