Molecular photoswitches enable dynamic control of processes with high spatiotemporal
precision, using light as external stimulus, and hence are ideal tools for different research …

The capacity to respond or adapt to environmental changes is an intrinsic property of living
systems that comprise highly-connected subcomponents communicating through chemical …

Light offers unique opportunities for controlling the activity of materials and biosystems with
high spatiotemporal resolution. Molecular photoswitches are chromophores that undergo …

Donor–acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA) photoswitches have gained a lot of attention
since their discovery in 2014. Their negative photochromism, visible light absorbance …

It is difficult to assemble multi-component metallo-supramolecular architectures in a non-
statistical fashion, which limits their development toward functional materials. Herein, we …

The ability of molecular photoswitches to convert on/off responses into large macroscale
property change is fundamental to light-responsive materials. However, moving beyond …

This work combines hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) experiments performed in the NIR
range (1.30 and 1.60 μm) and quantum chemical calculations to provide a comprehensive …

Using smart photochromic and luminescent tissues in camouflage/cloaking of natural
creatures has inspired efforts to develop synthetic stimuli-responsive materials for data …

Photochromic [Pd2 L 4] coordination cages based on dithienylethene (DTE) ligands L allow
triggering guest uptake and release by irradiation with light of different wavelengths. The …

Secret information recorded by traditional single-encrypted invisible inks is easily cracked
because the inks can switch only between “NONE” and “TRUTH”. Developing double …