Toward optomechanics: Maximizing the photodeformation of individual molecules

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reversible and Quantitative Denaturation of Amphiphilic Oligo(azobenzene) Foldamers

(2011) Zhilin Yu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photocatalytic hydrogen production

(2011) Thomas S. Teets et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chemomechanics: chemical kinetics for multiscale phenomena

(2011) Zhen Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Electronic Decoupling Approach to Quantitative Photoswitching in Linear Multiazobenzene Architectures

(2011) David Bléger et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Reversible Photoinduced Twisting of Molecular Crystal Microribbons

(2011) Lingyan Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The thermoelectric alternative

(2011) Jacob Karni   NATURE MATERIALS

Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement

(2011) R. E. Blankenship et al.   SCIENCE

Photoswitches: From Molecules to Materials

(2010) Maria-Melanie Russew et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unraveling a Chemically Enhanced Photoswitch: Bridged Azobenzene

(2010) Marcus Böckmann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Hydrogen Issue

(2010) Nicola Armaroli et al.   ChemSusChem

Stimuli-responsive dendritic structures: The case of light-driven azobenzene-containing dendrimers and dendrons

(2010) Rodolphe Deloncle et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Topochemistry and Photomechanical Effects in Crystals of Green Fluorescent Protein-like Chromophores: Effects of Hydrogen Bonding and Crystal Packing

(2010) Panče Naumov et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Large-Area Three-Dimensional Molecular Ordering of a Polymer Brush by One-Step Processing

(2010) N. Hosono et al.   SCIENCE

Triggered structural and property changes in polymeric nanomaterials

(2010) Jason M. Spruell et al.   Chemical Science

Mechanised materials

(2010) Megan M. Boyle et al.   Chemical Science

Kinetics of Thiol/Disulfide Exchange Correlate Weakly with the Restoring Force in the Disulfide Moiety

(2009) Timothy J. Kucharski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanical Motion of Azobenzene Crystals upon Photoirradiation

(2009) Hideko Koshima et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Efficient ReversibleZ−EPhotoisomerization of a Bridged Azobenzene with Visible Light through Resolved S1(nπ*) Absorption Bands

(2009) Ron Siewertsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Method to Derive Restoring Forces of Strained Molecules from Kinetic Measurements

(2009) Zhen Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A molecular force probe

(2009) Qing-Zheng Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

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

The Direct Conversion of Light into Continuous Mechanical Energy by Photoreversible Self-Assembly: A Prototype of a Light-Powered Engine

(2008) Stefano Masiero et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Excitation Energy-Transfer and the Relative Orientation of Retinal and Carotenoid in Xanthorhodopsin

(2008) Sergei P. Balashov et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Photogenerating work from polymers

(2008) Hilmar Koerner et al.   Materials Today

Crystallographic structure of xanthorhodopsin, the light-driven proton pump with a dual chromophore

(2008) H. Luecke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Opening and closing the metabolite gate

(2008) S. Tornroth-Horsefield et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Adaptive Composites

(2008) R. Vaia et al.   SCIENCE

Photochemical Conversion of Solar Energy

(2007) Vincenzo Balzani et al.   ChemSusChem