Advances and opportunities in the exciting world of azobenzenes

FA Jerca, VV Jerca, R Hoogenboom - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Azobenzenes are archetypal molecules that have a central role in fundamental and applied
research. Over the course of almost two centuries, the area of azobenzenes has witnessed …

Mussel‐inspired hydrogels for self‐adhesive bioelectronics

C **e, X Wang, H He, Y Ding… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable and implantable bioelectronics are receiving a great deal of attention because
they offer huge promise in personalized healthcare. Currently available bioelectronics …

Advances in application of azobenzene as a trigger in biomedicine: molecular design and spontaneous assembly

HB Cheng, S Zhang, J Qi, XJ Liang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Azobenzene is a well‐known derivative of stimulus‐responsive molecular switches and has
shown superior performance as a functional material in biomedical applications. The results …

Enlightening materials with photoswitches

A Goulet‐Hanssens, F Eisenreich… - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …

Hagfish‐inspired smart SLIPS marine antifouling coating based on supramolecular: lubrication modes responsively switching and self‐healing properties

Z Tong, L Song, S Chen, J Hu, Y Hou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Slippery liquid‐infused porous surface (SLIPS) has received widespread attention in the
antifouling field, while its controllability of surface lubricity and durability of lubricant are …

Photodeformable azobenzene‐containing liquid crystal polymers and soft actuators

X Pang, J Lv, C Zhu, L Qin, Y Yu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodeformable liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) that adapt their shapes in response to light
have aroused a dramatic growth of interest in the past decades, since light as a stimulus …

Switchable adhesion: on‐demand bonding and debonding

Z Liu, F Yan - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesives have a long and illustrious history throughout human history. The development of
synthetic polymers has highly improved adhesions in terms of their strength and …

The influence of the molecular packing on the room temperature phosphorescence of purely organic luminogens

J Yang, X Zhen, B Wang, X Gao, Z Ren, J Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Organic luminogens with persistent room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) have
attracted great attention for their wide applications in optoelectronic devices and bioimaging …