title: Photoinduced vitrification near the surfaces of single crystals of azobenzene-based molecular materials with glass-forming ability.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. nakano@chem.sng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kageyama