Stimuli-responsive polymers are an important class of advanced materials that have lots of
applications in biochemistry, biomedicine, optical memory, and cell labeling. The physical …

Light-operated materials have gained significant attention for their potential technological
importance. To achieve molecular motion within extended networks, stimuli-responsive units …

Azobenzene is a switchable compound that exhibits reversible trans–cis photoisomerization.
Photoresponsive polymers have been prepared by incorporating azobenzene groups into …

Azobenzenes are among the most extensively used molecular switches for many different
applications. The need to tailor them to the required task often requires further …

Chirality, commonly found in organisms, biomolecules and nature such as L-amino acids
and D-sugars, has been extensively studied in chemistry and biomedical science. Hence …

Solar thermal fuels (STFs) have recently drawn attention as a promising strategy for
utilization of solar energy that is a clean and renewable source. Especially solid state solar …

Conjugated polymers containing main chain azoarene repeat units are synthesized by a
dinickel catalyzed N= N coupling reaction of aromatic diazides. The polymerization exhibits …

Photoresponsive liquid crystal elastomers have aroused wide attention due to their unique
structure and properties. Most of the reported photoresponsive liquid crystal elastomers …

Polymer multicomponent materials containing conjugated fragments (such as azo-or
azomethine groups) have attracted significant attention due to their possible use in the …

Herein, a new light stimuli-responsive supramolecular metal–organic coordination M2L4
azo-cage with lantern-shaped architecture is designed and synthesized by coordinating two …