Photoisomerization

Reconfigurable photoactuator through synergistic use of photochemical and photothermal effects

Markus Lahikainen, Hao Zeng, Arri Priimägi

Citations: 321 • 2018

From nanoscopic to macroscopic photo‐driven motion in azobenzene‐containing materials

Stefano Luigi Oscurato, Marcella Salvatore, P. Maddalena, Antonio Ambrosio

Citations: 203 • 2018

Ultralarge Contraction Directed by Light‐Driven Unlocking of Prestored Strain Energy in Linear Liquid Crystal Polymer Fibers

Lang Qin, Bo Xu, Quan Liu, Yanlei Yu

Citations: 106 • 2020

Light‐Driven Self‐Oscillating Behavior of Liquid‐Crystalline Networks Triggered by Dynamic Isomerization of Molecular Motors

Jian Sun, Wei Hu, Lanying Zhang, Ruochen Lan, Huai Yang, Deng‐Ke Yang

Citations: 91 • 2021

Light‐Driven Liquid Crystalline Networks and Soft Actuators with Degree‐of‐Freedom‐Controlled Molecular Motors

Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Cong Ma, Jinying Bao, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Deng‐Ke Yang, Huai Yang

Citations: 69 • 2020

Light‐Responsive Smart Soft Matter Technologies

Quan Li, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Timothy J. Bunning

Citations: 57 • 2019

Mechano-Actuated Light-Responsive Main-Chain Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Eun-Hye Cho, Khuong Luu, Soo‐Young Park

Citations: 44 • 2021

Reconfiguring Gaussian Curvature of Hydrogel Sheets with Photoswitchable Host–Guest Interactions

Alexa S. Kuenstler, Markus Lahikainen, Hantao Zhou, Wenwen Xu, Arri Priimägi, Ryan C. Hayward

Citations: 41 • 2020

Mechanically Responsive Organic Crystals by Light

Hideko Koshima, Shodai Hasebe, Yuki Hagiwara, Toru Asahi

Citations: 41 • 2021

Multiscale Study of the Relationship between Photoisomerization and Mechanical Behavior of Azo-Polymer Based on the Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Junghwan Moon, Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Maenghyo Cho

Citations: 29 • 2019

Azobenzene‐Functionalized Semicrystalline Liquid Crystal Elastomer Springs for Underwater Soft Robotic Actuators

Wonbin Seo, Carter S. Haines, Hongdeok Kim, Chae‐Lin Park, Shi Hyeong Kim, Sungmin Park, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Ray H. Baughman, Taylor H. Ware, Habeom Lee

Citations: 24 • 2024

Ionic Conductivity Switchable and Shape Changeable Smart Skins with Azobenzene‐Based Ionic Reactive Mesogens

Mintaek Oh, Seok‐In Lim, Junhwa Jang, Youngjae Wi, Dongmin Yu, Jaeseok Hyeong, Subin Kim, Woojin Kim, Minjeong Ha, Kwang‐Un Jeong

Citations: 24 • 2023

Supramolecular photoresponsive polyurethane with movable crosslinks based on photoisomerization of azobenzene

Xin Zhou, Ryohei Ikura, C. Jin, Kenji Yamaoka, Junsu Park, Yoshinori Takashima

Citations: 18 • 2023

Blue Light Controlled Supramolecular Soft Robotics of Phenylazothiazole Amphiphiles for Rapid Macroscopic Actuations

Ming‐Hin Chau, Wai‐Ki Wong, Takashi Kajitani, Franco King‐Chi Leung

Citations: 13 • 2024

Three-dimensional liquid crystal polymer actuators assembled by athermal photo-welding

Yaoqing Feng, Jia Wei, Lang Qin, Yanlei Yu

Citations: 13 • 2022

Mechanically Responsive Crystals by Light and Heat

Hideko Koshima, Takuya Taniguchi, Toru Asahi

Citations: 10 • 2019

Dramatic morphological changes in liposomes induced by peptide nanofibers reversibly polymerized and depolymerized by the photoisomerization of spiropyran

Yingbing Liang, Shigesaburo Ogawa, Hiroshi Inaba, Kazunori Matsuura

Citations: 9 • 2023

Photothermally Promoted Photoisomerization of Naphthopyran-Based Dyes to Achieve Sensitive Photodeformation under Sunlight

Huiru Wu, Arui Huang, Qiuyan Liao, Peixuan Lin, Wanni Yao, Qianqian Li, Zhen Li

Citations: 9 • 2023

Taming Macromolecules with Light: Lessons Learned from Vibrational Spectroscopy

Jaana Vapaavuori, C. Géraldine Bazuin, Christian Pellerin

Citations: 8 • 2017

Combined coarse-grained molecular dynamics and finite-element study of light-activated deformation of photoresponsive polymers

Junghwan Moon, Hayoung Chung, Maenghyo Cho

Citations: 7 • 2021