Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in
physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the …

Heating and cooling can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of matter. In contrast,
athermal photochemical processes can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of some …

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

Azopolymers comprise a unique materials platform, in which the photoisomerization reaction
of azobenzene molecules can induce substantial material motions at molecular …

This review demonstrates directional photofluidization lithography (DPL), which makes it
possible to fabricate a generic and sophisticated micro/nanoarchitecture that would be …

Photoreversible optically switchable azo dye molecules in polymer‐based materials can be
harnessed to control a wide range of physical, chemical, and mechanical material properties …

Abstract Optical Fourier surfaces (OFSs), characterized by sinusoidally profiled diffractive
optical elements, can outperform traditional binary‐type counterparts by minimizing optical …

Light can liquefy some solid azobenzene‐containing polymers (azopolymers) by
photoisomerization. Two types of photoinduced liquefaction of azopolymers have been …

Wenqi Zhu, Mohamad G. Banaee, Dongxing Wang, Yizhuo Chu, and Kenneth B. Crozier*
method for the fabrication of dimers with very small gaps, especially below 10 nm. Dimers …