Photoinduced vitrification near the surfaces of single crystals of azobenzene-based molecular materials with glass-forming ability.
Photoinduced vitrification was observed to take place near the surfaces of the single crystals of azobenzene-based molecular materials with glass-forming ability. The phenomenon was caused by repetition of the trans-cis and cis-trans isomerization reactions and hence can be regarded as a kind of photomechanical effect.
Nakano
Hideyuki
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. nakano@chem.sng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Seki
Shu
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Kageyama
Hiroshi
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