Azo dyes, compounds having double bond linkage between two nitrogen atoms, are widely
found as a main scaffold in a massive library of organic species that exhibit promising …

Azobenzene photochemistry is a fascinating area of investigation, on one hand, because it
is fairly wellknown, 1 and on the other hand because it has produced and continues to …

Täglich benutzen wir Schalter, um strombetriebene Geräte an-und abzuschalten und kein
Compuer würde ohne sie funktionieren. Nach den gleichen Prinzipien funktionieren auch …

Photochromic molecules are usually embedded in solid matrices for both fundamental and
practical studies so that photochromism suffers from multiple matrix effects. 1, 2 It should be …

The illumination of azobenzene molecules with UV/visible light efficiently converts the
molecules between trans and cis isomerization states. Isomerization is accompanied by a …

The surface of an azoaromatic polymer film is optically altered to produce local highly
efficient diffraction gratings. The gratings obtained are stable but can be erased by heating …

Incorporating photochromic molecules into organic or hybrid organic-inorganic materials
leads to photoresponsive systems, the properties of which can be manipulated by light …

We report observation of holographic surface relief gratings with relatively large amplitude
on a second order nonlinear optical polymeric material. Surface relief gratings on these …

There has been considerable interest in the application of photochromism to photo-
responsive systems which has led to the development of new tailored smart materials for …

The change in shape inducible in some photo-reversible molecules using light can effect
powerful changes to a variety of properties of a host material. The most ubiquitous natural …