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

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. The most ubiquitous natural …

Azobenzene (azo) chromophores have been incorporated into a wide variety of materials
and molecular architectures, including polymers, dendrimers, and molecular glasses …

It has been 30 years since the discovery of surface restructuring in thin azopolymer films by
two independent research groups. A wide variety of topographical structures have been …

Recent progress in the field of single‐and two‐photon nanofabrication, both 2‐and 3‐
dimensional, in photopolymerizable resins and in films of photoisomerizable azopolymers …

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 …

Azobenzene thin films undergo an unexplained spontaneous surface patterning when
exposed to light intensity and/or polarization gradients. The elastic modulus of an …

When photosensitive azobenzene-containing polymer films are irradiated with light
interference patterns, topographic variations in the film develop that follow the local …

Photo-induced deformations in azobenzene-containing polymers (azo-polymers) are central
to a number of applications, such as optical storage and fabrication of diffractive elements …

Recently in literature appeared quite a number of claims that cyclic isomerization of
azobenzene (azo) chromophores may cause an athermal transition of the glassy azo …