Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Smart materials based on stimuli-fluorochromic π-conjugated solids (SFCSs) have aroused
significant interest due to their versatile and exciting properties, leading to advanced …

Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state in 1888, liquid crystal science has made
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …

Mechanochromic luminescence (MCL) materials, which are stimulated by mechanical force,
have several promising advantages, such as controllable stimulus response, reversible …

The possibility to change the molecular assembled structures of organic and organometallic
materials through mechanical stimulation is emerging as a general and powerful concept for …

Today where everybody is using a large variety of electronic devices such as notebook and
tablet computers, smart phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, flat panel TVs, as well as …

“Unity is force”–Aesop. It is a common phenomenon that traditional chromophores exhibit
high fluorescence in dilute solutions, yet luminescence is quenched at high concentrations …

Most organic piezochromic materials exhibit red-shifted and quenched emission as pressure
increases. However, an abnormal phenomenon of pressure-induced blue-shifted and …

Novel U-shaped donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) π-conjugated multi-functional molecules
comprising dibenzo [a, j] phenazine (DBPHZ) as an acceptor and phenothiazines (PTZ) as …

Smart luminescent materials that are responsive to external stimuli have received
considerable interest. Here we report ionic iridium (III) complexes simultaneously exhibiting …