Photoinduced Twisting of a Photochromic Diarylethene Crystal

摘要

Photoresponsive materials have been a topic of much attention in both industrial and academic research fields because photoirradiation offers a non-contact, non-destructive means of inducing a response. In particular, recent reports have described the development of photomechanical devices with photoresponsive organic crystals, such as diarylethene, anthracene, azobenzene, and furylfulgide.