Azobenzene macroscopic motion

To summarize, there are three types of photoinduced motions at the molecular level, at the nanometer, or domain, level, and at the micrometer (macroscopic) level. All are the result of photoinduced isomerization of the azobenzene groups. One interesting direction of our research was to try to exploit these phenomena for their photonic applications. We have demonstrated, at least as proof of principle, a few possible photonic functions for the new materials we synthesized. Some of these are summarized in publications they will also be reviewed here. 

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