Isomerization

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

Anne Hélène Gelebart, Dirk J. Mulder, Michael Varga, Andrew Konya, Ghislaine Vantomme, E. W. Meijer, Robin L. B. Selinger, Dirk J. Broer

Citations: 1035 • 2017

Reconfigurable photoactuator through synergistic use of photochemical and photothermal effects

Markus Lahikainen, Hao Zeng, Arri Priimägi

Citations: 321 • 2018

Light-induced crawling of crystals on a glass surface

Emi Uchida, Reiko Azumi, Yasuo Norikane

Citations: 266 • 2015

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

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

Citations: 203 • 2018

Light-triggered topological programmability in a dynamic covalent polymer network

Weike Zou, Binjie Jin, Yi Wu, Huijie Song, Yingwu Luo, Feihe Huang, Jin Qian, Qian Zhao, Tao Xie

Citations: 136 • 2020

A four-blade light-driven plastic mill based on hydrazone liquid-crystal networks

Ghislaine Vantomme, Anne Hélène Gelebart, Dirk J. Broer, E. W. Meijer

Citations: 119 • 2017

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

Programming actuation onset of a liquid crystalline elastomer via isomerization of network topology

Guancong Chen, Haijun Feng, Xiaorui Zhou, Feng Gao, Kai Zhou, Youju Huang, Binjie Jin, Tao Xie, Qian Zhao

Citations: 54 • 2023

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

Tunable Photocontrolled Motions of Anil‐Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Systems through Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer and <i>Trans–Cis</i> Isomerization

Arui Huang, Jie Hu, Mengmeng Han, Kangwei Wang, Jianlong Xia, Jiajia Song, Xuelian Fu, Kai Chang, Xiaocong Deng, Siwei Liu, Qianqian Li, Zhen Li

Citations: 39 • 2020

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

Wavelength‐Gated Adaptation of Hydrogel Properties via Photo‐Dynamic Multivalency in Associative Star Polymers

Simon Ludwanowski, Oliver Skarsetz, Guido Creusen, Daniel Hoenders, Paula Straub, Andreas Walther

Citations: 27 • 2020

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

Reconfigurable Visible Light‐Driven Liquid Crystalline Network Showing Off‐Equilibrium Motions Enabled by Mesogen‐Grafted Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts

Zhaozhong Li, Zizheng Wang, Xinyu Chen, Jinying Bao, Yuhan Zhang, Zichen Wang, Lanying Zhang, Jiumei Xiao, Ruochen Lan, Huai Yang

Citations: 15 • 2024

Site-to-site peptide transport on a molecular platform using a small-molecule robotic arm

Salma Kassem, Alan T. L. Lee, David A. Leigh, Augustinas Markevicius, Daniel J. Tetlow, Naoyuki Toriumi

Citations: 14 • 2020

Shape-Persistent Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Cis-Stable Crosslinkers Containing Ortho-Methyl-Substituted Azobenzene

Khuong Luu, Soo‐Young Park

Citations: 14 • 2023