Incorporating molecular photoswitches into various materials provides unique opportunities
for controlling their properties and functions with high spatiotemporal resolution using …

In this Review, we showcase the upsurge in the development and fundamental
photophysical studies of more than 100 metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as versatile …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are typically highlighted for their potential application in
gas storage, separations and catalysis. In contrast, the unique prospects these porous and …

The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Cooperative metal–photoswitch interfaces comprise an application-driven field which is
based on strategic coupling of metal cations and organic photochromic molecules to …

Light is a nearly ideal stimulus for molecular systems. It delivers information encoded in the
form of wavelengths and their intensities with high precision in space and time. Light is a …

When fabricating macroscopic devices exploiting the properties of organic chromophores,
the corresponding molecules need to be condensed into a solid material. Since optical …

Abstract Composites based on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of
porous materials that have been shown to possess unique functional properties …

Controlling cooperativity, synchronization, amplification and translation of intermolecular
and intramolecular dynamics over different length scales for applications in stimuli …

Synthetic stimuli-responsive systems have become increasingly sophisticated and elegant
at the nanoscale. This Comment discusses how rationally designed molecular systems …