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 …

The history of human civilization is accompanied by the development of novel materials,
from the period of natural stone, the bronze and iron age, to the modern times of synthetic …

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 design of molecular switches and trigger elements offers a formidable challenge on the
road toward miniaturization in future technology1-3 and the development of materials for …

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

Two types of photomodulation of orientations of liquid crystals (LCs) are reviewed: 1) order–
disorder phase transitions of LCs induced by photochemical reactions of photochromic …

Wolfgang Knoll is a former Directory of Polymer research at the Max Planck Institute. He is
extremely well know for his research in this area. Zouheir Sekkat was a Postdoctoral …

The design and preparation of azobenzene-containing polymers showing a large
photoinduced change in refractive index, and their applications to rewritable Raman-Nath …

Recent progress in alignment modulation of azobenzene-containing liquid crystal systems
by photochemical reactions has been reviewed by dividing the modulation methods into two …

The following article is a tribute to the late Almeria Natansohn and is based on a brief
summary of her research in azopolymers. She showed that reversible trans–cis–trans …