Light-Driven Molecular-Crystal Actuators: Rapid and Reversible Bending of Rodlike Mixed Crystals of Diarylethene Derivatives

High-Convertible Photochromism of a Diarylethene Single Crystal Accompanying the Crystal Shape Deformation

(2011) Seiya Kobatake et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Solid-state photochemical and photomechanical properties of molecular crystal nanorods composed of anthracene ester derivatives

(2011) Lingyan Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Reversible Photoinduced Twisting of Molecular Crystal Microribbons

(2011) Lingyan Zhu 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

Photoinduced shape changes of diarylethene single crystals: correlation between shape changes and molecular packing

(2010) Lumi Kuroki et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanical Motion of Azobenzene Crystals upon Photoirradiation

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

Acid−Base Actuation of [c2]Daisy Chains

(2009) Lei Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Switching and Extension of a [c2]Daisy-Chain Dimer Polymer

(2009) Paul G. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Giant-Stroke, Superelastic Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Muscles

(2009) A. E. Aliev et al.   SCIENCE

Using Two-Photon Excitation to Control Bending Motions in Molecular-Crystal Nanorods

(2009) Jacob T. Good et al.   Small

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photochromism and Molecular Mechanical Devices

(2008) Masahiro Irie   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Photoresponsive rolling and bending of thin crystals of chiral diarylethenes

(2007) Kingo Uchida et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS