Mechanochemistry of inorganic solids is a well-established field. In the last decade
mechanical treatment has become increasingly popular as a method for achieving selective …

Conspectus The design of solid-state materials whose properties and functions can be
manipulated in a controlled manner by the application of light is an important objective in …

Single-crystal optical actuators are emerging as a prospective material form for nano-optical
mechanical switching, sensing, or transduction device applications in nanotechnology and …

Three new ruthenium–sulfur dioxide linkage photoisomeric complexes in the [Ru (NH3) 4
(SO2) X] Cl2· H2O family (X= pyridine (1); 3-chloropyridine (2); 4-chloropyridine (3)) have …

One way or another: The N‐bound NO 2 group in [Ni (Et 4 dien)(η 2‐O, ON)(η 1‐NO 2)](see
structure Ni turquoise, N blue, O red) has been shown to undergo reversible conversion into …

The methods that have been developed to determine the three-dimensional crystal and
molecular structures while they are in metastable or short-lived photoactivated states are …

We report a new family of photoactive molecular compounds for which reversible solid state
transformations and linkage isomerism have been observed using in situ X-ray diffraction …

We present a detailed kinetic study of photo-induced solid state linkage isomerism in the
compound [Pd (Bu4dien) NO2] BPh4 (Bu4dien= N, N, N′, N′-tetrabutyldiethylenetriamine) …

We report the discovery of an η2-SO2 linkage photoisomer in the osmium pentaammine
coordination complex,[Os (NH3) 5 (SO2)][Os (NH3) 5 (HSO3)] Cl4 (1). Its dark-and light …

The photoinduced O-bound coordination mode in RuSO2 complexes, previously observed
only at 13 K, has been generated at 100 K in tetraammineaqua (sulfur dioxide) ruthenium …