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

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 …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted tremendous attention for several novel
applications. However, functional MOFs with light‐responsive circularly polarized …

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 …

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

Liquid crystalline (LC) elastomers (LCEs) enable large-scale reversible shape changes in
polymeric materials; however, they require intensive, irreversible programming approaches …

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

A new field of organic materials science that deals with amorphous molecular glasses has
been opened up. In addition, amorphous molecular materials have constituted a new class …

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 …

All optical fabrication of Surface Relief Grating (SRG) on azobenzene functionalized polymer
films is reviewed in this article. The uniqueness of the single step erasable photofabrication …