Azobenzene crystals swim on water surface triggered by light

Light-induced crawling of crystals on a glass surface

(2015) Emi Uchida et al.   Nature Communications

Simultaneous Measurement of Surface Tension and Its Gradient around Moving Camphor Boat on Water Surface

(2014) Yuichiro Karasawa et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Switching between Solid and Liquid Phases of Spiropyran by Photochromic Reaction

(2014) Emi Uchida et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Crystal Melting by Light: X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis of an Azo Crystal Showing Photoinduced Crystal-Melt Transition

(2014) Manabu Hoshino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoinduced Crystal-to-Liquid Phase Transitions of Azobenzene Derivatives and Their Application in Photolithography Processes through a Solid–Liquid Patterning

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Design of a UV-responsive microactuator on a smart device for light-induced ON-OFF-ON motion

(2014) Meng Xiao et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Control of the Orientation and Photoinduced Phase Transitions of Macrocyclic Azobenzene

(2013) Emi Uchida et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Motion with Memory of a Self-Propelled Object

(2013) Satoshi Nakata et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Collective motion of symmetric camphor papers in an annular water channel

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Photoinduced Directional Motions of Microparticles at Air–Liquid-Crystal Interfaces of Azobenzene-Doped Liquid-Crystal Films with Homeotropic or Homogeneous Alignment Structures

(2012) Takahiro Yamamoto et al.   Applied Physics Express

Control over molecular motion using thecis–transphotoisomerization of the azo group

(2012) Estíbaliz Merino et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Rational design of light-directed dynamic spheres

(2012) Yumi Okui et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Macroscopic Self-Propelled Objects

(2012) Guanjia Zhao et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Photoinduced mass flow of photochromic molecular materials

(2012) Hideyuki Nakano et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Moving Fragments of Photochromic Molecular Glass of 4-[Bis(9,9-dimethylfluoren-2-yl)amino]-4^|^rsquo;-cyanoazobenzene

(2012) Motoko Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOPOLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rolled-up nanotech on polymers: from basic perception to self-propelled catalytic microengines

(2011) Yongfeng Mei et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Light-Driven Directed Motion of Azobenzene-Coated Polymer Nanoparticles in an Aqueous Medium

(2011) Jean-Pierre Abid et al.   LANGMUIR

Photoinduced isothermal phase transitions of liquid-crystalline macrocyclic azobenzenes

(2010) Yasuo Norikane et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Swimming Photochromic Azobenzene Single Crystals in Triacrylate Solution

(2010) Kenneth Milam et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Electrochemically powered self-propelled electrophoretic nanosubmarines

(2010) Martin Pumera   Nanoscale

Can Man-Made Nanomachines Compete with Nature Biomotors?

(2009) Joseph Wang   ACS Nano

Photocontrolled Translational Motion of a Microscale Solid Object on Azobenzene-Doped Liquid-Crystalline Films

(2009) Abu Kausar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photomanipulation of a Droplet by the Chromocapillary Effect

(2009) Antoine Diguet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanorobots: The Ultimate Wireless Self-Propelled Sensing and Actuating Devices

(2009) Samuel Sánchez et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Surface Tension Mediated Conversion of Light to Work

(2009) David Okawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY