Issue 38, 2016

Photoinduced stepwise bending behavior of photochromic diarylethene crystals

Abstract

Diarylethene crystals were found to exhibit photoinduced stepwise bending behavior. The bending rate changed significantly during continuous irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light. This is a new type of photomechanical motion reported previously for various photoresponsive molecular crystals. Furthermore, the delayed bending behavior was observed even after UV light was turned off. The mechanism for the stepwise bending is discussed.

Graphical abstract: Photoinduced stepwise bending behavior of photochromic diarylethene crystals

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 מרץ 2016
Accepted
20 אפר 2016
First published
20 אפר 2016

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 7236-7240

Photoinduced stepwise bending behavior of photochromic diarylethene crystals

D. Kitagawa, R. Tanaka and S. Kobatake, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 7236 DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00607H

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