Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …

The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for develo** …

The capacity to respond or adapt to environmental changes is an intrinsic property of living
systems that comprise highly-connected subcomponents communicating through chemical …

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 …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201604894 aggregation of AuNPs at tumorous sites. One of the
possible stimuli is the acidic extracellular pH of solid tumors. A number of pH-sensitive …

Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

Light is a nearly ideal stimulus for molecular systems. It delivers information encoded in the
form of wavelengths and their intensities with high precision in space and time. Light is a …

Dissipative self-assembly is ubiquitous in nature, where it gives rise to complex structures
and functions such as self-healing, homeostasis, and camouflage. These phenomena are …

Stimuli‐responsive nanoparticle (NP) aggregation plays an increasingly important role in
regulating NP assembly into microscopic superstructures, macroscopic 2D, and 3D …

Although dynamic self-assembly, DySA, is a relatively new area of research, the past
decade has brought numerous demonstrations of how various types of components–on …