Enlightening materials with photoswitches
A Goulet‐Hanssens, F Eisenreich… - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …
Storing energy with molecular photoisomers
Some molecular photoisomers can be isomerized to a metastable high-energy state by
exposure to light. These molecules can then be thermally or catalytically converted back to …
exposure to light. These molecules can then be thermally or catalytically converted back to …
Azobenzene-based solar thermal fuels: design, properties, and applications
Development of renewable energy technologies has been a significant area of research
amongst scientists with the aim of attaining a sustainable world society. Solar thermal fuels …
amongst scientists with the aim of attaining a sustainable world society. Solar thermal fuels …
Carbon-based functional nanomaterials: Preparation, properties and applications
Carbon-based functional nanomaterials have attracted remarkable attention from the
scientific community for their unique combinations of advantageous chemical and physical …
scientific community for their unique combinations of advantageous chemical and physical …
Photoswitching of glass transition temperatures of azobenzene-containing polymers induces reversible solid-to-liquid transitions
H Zhou, C Xue, P Weis, Y Suzuki, S Huang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The development of polymers with switchable glass transition temperatures (T g) can
address scientific challenges such as the healing of cracks in high-T g polymers and the …
address scientific challenges such as the healing of cracks in high-T g polymers and the …
Photoinduced reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions for photoswitchable materials
WC Xu, S Sun, S Wu - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heating and cooling can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of matter. In contrast,
athermal photochemical processes can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of some …
athermal photochemical processes can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of some …
Optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy in phase-change materials
Thermal energy storage offers enormous potential for a wide range of energy technologies.
Phase-change materials offer state-of-the-art thermal storage due to high latent heat …
Phase-change materials offer state-of-the-art thermal storage due to high latent heat …
Arylazopyrazoles for long-term thermal energy storage and optically triggered heat release below 0° C
Arylazopyrazole derivatives based on four core structures (4pzMe, 3pzH, 4pzH, and 4pzH-
F2) and functionalized with a dodecanoate group were demonstrated to store thermal …
F2) and functionalized with a dodecanoate group were demonstrated to store thermal …
Sunlight-activated phase change materials for controlled heat storage and triggered release
We report the design of photo-responsive organic phase change materials that can absorb
filtered solar radiation to store both latent heat and photon energy via simultaneous phase …
filtered solar radiation to store both latent heat and photon energy via simultaneous phase …
Optically controlled solid-to-liquid phase transition materials based on azo compounds
J Hu, T Song, MM Yu, H Yu - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase transition materials can be utilized in a variety of functionalization scenarios,
benefiting from the photoinduced changes in their physicochemical properties. Among them …
benefiting from the photoinduced changes in their physicochemical properties. Among them …