Two-dimensional materials (2DMs) have attracted tremendous research interest over the
last two decades. Their unique optical, electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties make …

Reversible modulation of the luminescence properties of Ln3+ ions has found many
applications in the fields of biology, information and chemistry. However, it is still a challenge …

Diarylethene molecules are prototype molecular switches with their two isomeric forms
exhibiting strikingly different conductance, while maintaining similar length. We employed …

Establishing a way to fabricate well‐ordered molecular structures is a necessary step toward
advancement in organic optoelectronic devices. Here, we propose to use interactions …

Diarylethene derivatives are photochromic molecular switches, undergoing a ring-opening/-
closing reaction by illumination with light. The symmetry of the closed form is determined by …

The efficient switching that can occur between two stable isomers of diarylethenes makes
them particularly promising targets for opto‐and molecular electronics. To examine these …

The predominant pathway for the isomerization between cis-and trans-azobenzenes either
(i) inversion by the bending of an NNC bond or (ii) rotation by the torsion of two phenyl …

This review summarises and discusses the advances of computational photochemistry in
2012 and 2013 in both methodology and applications fields. The methodological …

Photoswitching materials are building blocks of next generation optoelectronic devices
which may require molecule deposition on a solid substrate. However, molecule properties …

Understanding the reversible transformation between two isomeric states of organic
molecules under external stimulation is essential for advancing single‐molecule device …