New Frontiers in Photochromism

Masahiro Irie, Professor of Chemistry, Rikkyo University Editor-in-chief : Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. Previous Editor-in-chief: J. Photochem. Photobiol. C Yasushi Yokoyama, Professor of Engineering, Yokohama National University Takahiro Seki, Professor of Engineering, Nagoya University

New Photochromic Materials.- Photomechanical Response of Diarylethene Single Crystals.- Photomechanical Bending of Molecular Crystals.- Photoinduced Reversible Topographical Changes on Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surface with Wetting Property.- Selective Metal Deposition Based on Photochromism of Diarylethenes.- Photoinduced Alignment and Structuring in Thin Films of Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Photochromism of Diarylethenes at Surfaces and Interfaces.- Photo-control of Magnetic Materials Utilizing Photochromic Compounds.- New Photochromic Molecules.- High Performance Thermally Irreversible Photochromism Based on 6π-Electrocyclization.- Fast Photochromism of Bridged Imidazole Dimers.- Photochromic Terarylenes.- Photochromic Organometallics: Redox-active Iron and Ruthenium Complexes with Photochromic DTE Ligand.- Ultrafast Dynamics and Mechanism of One-Photon and Multiphoton Photochromic Reactions.- Photochromism of Organic Compounds Undergoing Isomerization Around the C=C Double Bond and/or Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Small and Large Structural Change.- Photo-control of New Molecular Functions by the Isomerization of Azobenzene.