Azobenzene is a well‐known derivative of stimulus‐responsive molecular switches and has
shown superior performance as a functional material in biomedical applications. The results …

Heating and cooling can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of matter. In contrast,
athermal photochemical processes can induce reversible solid‐to‐liquid transitions of some …

With the demand for the diversity and security of information deliveries increasing, advanced
security tag for data encryption has attracted great interest from the scientific community. It is …

Real-time monitoring of strain/stress in polymers is a big challenge to date. Herein, we for
the first time report an ESIPT (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer)-based …

Molecular solar thermal (MOST) fuels have attracted enormous research enthusiasm in solar
energy conversion and storage, which can generate high-energy isomers upon harvesting …

The development of polymeric materials with switchable properties upon exposure to
external stimuli such as light, heat, force, acids/bases, and chemicals has attracted much …

Shape‐changing polymers are an emerging class of smart stimuli‐responsive materials.
Among the different stimuli that could be used for polymer actuation, light has several …

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

Photoreactive olefinic species are incorporated into a metal–organic framework (MOF),[Zn
(bdc)(3‐F‐spy)](1). Single crystals of 1 are shown to undergo three types of …

As we enter the age of artificial intelligence (AI), new technologies will be needed to
“sample” environmental conditions to provide data to AI systems that will yield a specific …