Photochromic Torsional Switch (PTS): a light-driven actuator for the dynamic tuning of π-conjugation extension

Controlling Motion at the Nanoscale: Rise of the Molecular Machines

(2015) John M. Abendroth et al.   ACS Nano

Sodium and Potassium Ion Selective Conjugated Polymers for Optical Ion Detection in Solution and Solid State

(2015) Alexander Giovannitti et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Artificial Molecular Machines

(2015) Sundus Erbas-Cakmak et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Beyond static structures: Putting forth REMD as a tool to solve problems in computational organic chemistry

(2015) Riccardo Petraglia et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Theoretical study on the torsional potential of alkyl, donor, and acceptor substituted bithiophene: the hidden role of noncovalent interaction and backbone conjugation

(2015) Tzu-Jen Lin et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Photogated humidity-driven motility

(2015) Lidong Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Light-Controlled Macrocyclization of Tetrathiafulvalene with Azobenzene: Designing an Optoelectronic Molecular Switch

(2014) Vladimir A. Azov et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Planarizable push–pull oligothiophenes: in search of the perfect twist

(2014) David Alonso Doval et al.   Chemical Science

NIR-Triggered Anticancer Drug Delivery by Upconverting Nanoparticles with Integrated Azobenzene-Modified Mesoporous Silica

(2013) Jianan Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Functional interlocked systems

(2013) Stijn F. M. van Dongen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Oligothiophene Amphiphiles as Planarizable and Polarizable Fluorescent Membrane Probes

(2012) Andrea Fin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

o-Fluoroazobenzenes as Readily Synthesized Photoswitches Offering Nearly Quantitative Two-Way Isomerization with Visible Light

(2012) David Bléger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Expansion–contraction of photoresponsive artificial muscle regulated by host–guest interactions

(2012) Yoshinori Takashima et al.   Nature Communications

Toward optomechanics: Maximizing the photodeformation of individual molecules

(2011) David Bléger et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Great expectations: can artificial molecular machines deliver on their promise?

(2011) Ali Coskun et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Conformationally Controlled Electron Delocalization in n-Type Rods: Synthesis, Structure, and Optical, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Properties of Dicyanocyclophanes

(2011) David Vonlanthen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Azobenzene Photoswitching without Ultraviolet Light

(2011) Andrew A. Beharry et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface

(2011) Tibor Kudernac et al.   NATURE

A Self-Threading Polythiophene: Defect-Free Insulated Molecular Wires Endowed with Long Effective Conjugation Length

(2010) Kazunori Sugiyasu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Diarylethene Cocrystal that Converts Light into Mechanical Work

(2010) Masakazu Morimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Immobilized azobenzenes for the construction of photoresponsive materials

(2010) Rafal Klajn   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Chemically Controlled Conductivity: Torsion-Angle Dependence in a Single-Molecule Biphenyldithiol Junction

(2009) David Vonlanthen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Light-Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo-Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers

(2008) Violetta Ferri et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Acid-Base-Controllable [c2]Daisy Chain

(2008) Jishan Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION