Organic crystals, possessing both flexibility and stimuli-responsive properties, are attractive
candidates as smart materials, namely sensors, actuators, optoelectronic devices …

Photoswitchable materials have attracted considerable attention in various fields.
Developing excellent solid‐state dual‐mode photoswitches is an important but challenging …

Multimodal encryption-decryption with photochromism has been proved to ensure
information security with great feasibility and operability. However, most of the photochromic …

Stimuli-responsive molecular crystals have attracted considerable attention as promising
smart materials with applications in various fields such as sensing, actuation, and …

Research on molecular crystals exhibiting light‐driven actuation has made remarkable
progress through the development of various molecules and the identification of driving …

Organic photomechanical crystals have great promise as molecular machines, but their
development has been hindered by a lack of clear theoretical design principles. While much …

Photomechanical crystals exhibit mechanical motion upon light irradiation and may thus find
applications as actuators. Over the last decades, many photomechanical organic crystals …

The flourishing field of soft robotics requires versatile actuation methodology. Natural
vibration is a physical phenomenon that can occur in any material. Here, we report high …

Organic photomechanical molecular crystals are promising candidates for photoactuators,
which have potential applications as smart materials in various fields. However, it is still …

Polymorphism arising from different conformations or packing arrangements in crystal
lattices would manipulate physical properties, including morphology, electrical conductivity …