Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …

The rise of supramolecular chemistry has drawn great attention to the designed self‐
assembly of synthetic molecules. Supramolecular self‐assembly has become an efficient …

Phase transition materials can be utilized in a variety of functionalization scenarios,
benefiting from the photoinduced changes in their physicochemical properties. Among them …

Owing to their dynamic attributes, non‐covalent supramolecular interactions have enabled a
new paradigm in the design and fabrication of multifunctional material systems with …

For the demonstration of remote‐controllable actuators, a dendronized polymer (denpol) is
newly designed and successfully synthesized by ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of …

Polarization in ferroelectrics is generally switched by an applied external electric field. Light
is highly attractive as a noncontact and noninvasive means, but optically controlled …

By considering intramolecular conformations and intermolecular interactions, an
azobenzene-based photochromic liquid crystalline amphiphile is synthesized for …

Solid‐state luminescence is an important strategy for color generation via molecular self‐
assembly. Here, a new luminogen (AT3EMIS) containing both a rigid chromophore and a …

Stimuli-responsive soft matters have been recognised by many scientists and engineers as
very important because of their inherent characteristics in response to environmental …

The preparation of materials exhibiting structural colors has been intensively studied in
biomimetic science and technology. Utilizing a newly synthesized cholesteric liquid-crystal …