Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation of a chemical species between two
isomers having different absorption spectra induced in one or both directions by …

We review the fascinating research on charge transport through switchable molecules. In the
past decade, detailed investigations have been performed on a great variety of molecular …

Photochromism is characterized as a reversible colour change of a chemical species upon
photoirradiation. Although vast numbers of photochromic molecules have been so far …

We demonstrate that the conductance switching of benzo-bis (imidazole) molecules upon
protonation depends on the lateral functional groups. The protonated H-substituted …

Ordered self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of thiolated diarylethene photochromic
molecules have been built on a Au (111) surface and characterized by mean of scanning …

The light-induced and STM-tip-induced switching of photochromic thiol functionalized
terphenylthiazole-based diarylethene self-assembly on Au (111) has been investigated in …

In the field of extreme miniaturization of electronic devices, it is necessary to study candidate
molecules at the single‐molecular level by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). This …

An organic monolayer with diarylethene and viologen moieties as a photochromic and an
electroactive group, respectively, was constructed on a hydrogen-terminated Si (111) …

The efficient switching that can occur between two stable isomers of diarylethenes makes
them particularly promising targets for opto‐and molecular electronics. To examine these …

A photo-controlled and quasi-reversible switch of the luminescence of hexadecylamine-
coated ZnO nanocrystals (ZnO@ HDA Ncs) is operated via a molecular photoswitch …