Photochromism

Light-Driven Expansion of Spiropyran Hydrogels

Chuang Li, Aysenur Iscen, Liam C. Palmer, George C. Schatz, Samuel I. Stupp

Citations: 336 • 2020

Spiropyran based hydrogels actuators—Walking in the light

Wayne Francis, Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond

Citations: 132 • 2017

Synergistic photoactuation of bilayered spiropyran hydrogels for predictable origami-like shape change

Chuang Li, Yeguang Xue, Mengdi Han, Liam C. Palmer, John A. Rogers, Yonggang Huang, Samuel I. Stupp

Citations: 105 • 2021

4D Printing of Reprogrammable Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Synergistic Photochromism and Photoactuation

Mei Chen, Yanbei Hou, Ran An, H. Jerry Qi, Kun Zhou

Citations: 68 • 2023

Synthesis of a Photoresponsive Liquid‐Crystalline Polymer Containing Azobenzene

Chensha Li, Chi‐Wei Lo, Difeng Zhu, Chenhui Li, Ye Liu, Hongrui Jiang

Citations: 56 • 2009

Photochromic Crystalline Systems Mimicking Bio‐Functions

Kingo Uchida, Ryo Nishimura, Eri Hatano, Hiroyuki Mayama, Satoshi Yokojima

Citations: 44 • 2018

Mechanically Responsive Organic Crystals by Light

Hideko Koshima, Shodai Hasebe, Yuki Hagiwara, Toru Asahi

Citations: 41 • 2021

Light-Triggered Formation of Surface Topographies in Azo Polymers

Matthew Hendrikx, Albertus P. H. J. Schenning, Michael G. Debije, Dirk J. Broer

Citations: 39 • 2017

Multiscale Study of the Relationship between Photoisomerization and Mechanical Behavior of Azo-Polymer Based on the Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Junghwan Moon, Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Maenghyo Cho

Citations: 29 • 2019

Smart Shape Memory Polyurethane with Photochromism and Mechanochromism Properties

Xiaofei Wang, Yang He, Jinsong Leng

Citations: 27 • 2022

Role of supramolecular polymers in photo-actuation of spiropyran hydrogels

Chuang Li, Qinsi Xiong, Tristan D. Clemons, Hiroaki Sai, Yang Yang, M. Hussain Sangji, Aysenur Iscen, Liam C. Palmer, George C. Schatz, Samuel I. Stupp

Citations: 21 • 2023

Multi-responsive chromatic hydrogel exhibiting reversible shape deformations

Xiaozhen Xiao, Guiqiang Yang, Anbei Chen, Zhiyu Zheng, Chao Zhang, Yang Zhang, Liqiong Liao

Citations: 18 • 2022

Shape-Persistent Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Cis-Stable Crosslinkers Containing Ortho-Methyl-Substituted Azobenzene

Khuong Luu, Soo‐Young Park

Citations: 14 • 2023

Jellyfish-Inspired Ultrastretchable, Adhesive, Self-Healing, and Photoswitchable Fluorescent Ionic Skin Enabled by a Supramolecular Zwitterionic Network

Min Gong, Xiaobo Wang, Youting Wu, Liang Zhang, Xiang Lin, Zhen Wu, Dongrui Wang

Citations: 13 • 2025

Photoresponsive peptide materials: Spatiotemporal control of self-assembly and biological functions

Kazunori Matsuura, Hiroshi Inaba

Citations: 13 • 2023

A Soft Robot Based on Charged Spiropyran Amphiphilic Supramolecular Nanoassembly for Macroscopic Actuation

R. Hung, Wai‐Ki Wong, Ming‐Hin Chau, Jerry Chun-Kit Yau, Takashi Kajitani, Shaoyu Chen, Franco King‐Chi Leung

Citations: 10 • 2025

Light-Dissipative and Reprogrammable DNA Hydrogels Enabled by Merocyanine Photoacids

Meiqing Yang, Yuanchen Dong, Chuang Li

Citations: 10 • 2023

Dramatic morphological changes in liposomes induced by peptide nanofibers reversibly polymerized and depolymerized by the photoisomerization of spiropyran

Yingbing Liang, Shigesaburo Ogawa, Hiroshi Inaba, Kazunori Matsuura

Citations: 9 • 2023

Photomechanical behavior triggered by [2 + 2] cycloaddition and photochromism of a pyridinium-functionalized coordination complex

Yun‐Rui Chen, Meng‐Ze Jia, Jia-Qi Pan, Bin Tan, Jie Zhang

Citations: 9 • 2022

Anisotropic bilayer hydrogels with synergistic photochromism behaviors for light-controlled actuators

Qiaofeng Gao, Pengju Pan, Guorong Shan, Miao Du

Citations: 9 • 2021