The design of molecular switches and trigger elements offers a formidable challenge on the
road toward miniaturization in future technology1-3 and the development of materials for …

A system has been created in which chiral information inherent in circularly polarized light
can be used to influence the helical sense characteristics of a polymer. A racemic mixture of …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and fully-conjugated ladder polymers are leading
candidates for organics electronics, as their inherent conformational rigidity encourages …

The photochromic pair 1, 1 '-binaphthylpyran (1) and 2-hydroxy-2 '-hydroxymethyl-[1, 1 ']-
binaphthylene (2) was examined to assess suitability as optical triggers in a liquid crystal …

A new series of biaryls, bi‐linear‐terphenylenes (BLTPs), were prepared using the tert‐
butyllithium‐mediated cyclization as the key synthetic step. The three‐dimensional …

In the present study, photophysical properties of [N] phenylenes were studied by means of
stationary and time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy (in THF at room …

Optical limiting behavior has been observed in nanosols comprising∼ 60 Å particles of
silver bromide. Switching times, τ, are consistently in the ns regime, and values of I 1/2;, the …

The cyclopropyl (cPr) group, which is a well‐known probe for detecting radical character at
atoms to which it is connected, is tested as an indicator for aromaticity in the first ππ* triplet …

Biphenylene (BP) has been deemed to be a photoinert molecule because it fluoresces very
weakly, has little triplet transition, and does not react photochemically. 1 However, here we …

Biphenylene embedded in an argon matrix was investigated by Fourier transform IR
spectroscopy at 12 K. The spectrum allows the assignment of a considerable number of …