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

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 review gives a brief survey of NLO polymeric materials based on azobenzene units and
of high thermal and temporal stability. It starts with a brief introduction which comprises …

An increase in random molecular vibrations of a solid owing to heating above the melting
point leads to a decrease in its long-range order and a loss of structural symmetry. Therefore …

Azobenzene and its derivatives are among the most important organic photonic materials,
with their photo-induced trans–cis isomerization leading to applications ranging from …

We propose a microscopic theory of light-induced deformation of side-chain azobenzene
polymers taking into account the internal structure of polymer chains. Our theory is based on …

Kinetics of photoisomerization and time evolution of ordering in azobenzene-containing
materials are studied theoretically and by using computer simulations. Starting from kinetic …

In this paper we report on photoswitchable polymer surfaces with dynamically and reversibly
fluctuating topographies. It is well known that when azobenzene containing polymer films …

It was discovered 10 years ago that the exposure of an initially flat layer of an azobenzene-
containing polymer to an inhomogeneous light pattern leads to the formation of surface relief …

We study the peculiar response of photo-sensitive polymer films irradiated with a certain
type of interference pattern where one interfering beam is S-polarized, while the second one …