New Frontiers in Photochromism

Part I. New Photochromic Materials

1. Photomechanical Response of Diarylethene Single Crystals
Masahiro Irie

2. Photomechanical Bending of Molecular Crystals
Hideko Koshima

3. Photoinduced Reversible Topographical Changes on Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surface with Wetting Property
Kingo Uchida

4. Selective Metal Deposition Based on Photochromism of Diarylethenes
Tsuyoshi Tsujioka

5. Photoinduced Alignment and Structuring in Thin Films of Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Takahiro Seki, Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano

6. Photochromism of Diarylethenes at Surfaces and Interfaces
Kenji Matsuda

7. Photo-Control of Magnetic Materials Utilizing Photochromic Compounds
Masayuki Suda, Yasuaki Einaga

Part II. New Photochromic Molecules

8. High Performance Thermally Irreversible Photochromism Based on 6π-Electrocyclization
Yasushi Yokoyama

9. Fast Photochromism of Bridged Imidazole Dimers
Jiro Abe

10. Photochromic Terarylenes
Takuya Nakashima, Tsuyoshi Kawai

11. Photochromic Organometallics: Redox-Active Iron and Ruthenium Complexes with Photochromic DTE Ligand
Takashi Koike, Munetaka Akita

12. Ultrafast Dynamics and Mechanisms of One-Photon and Multiphoton Photochromic Reactions
Yukihide Ishibashi, Tetsuro Katayama, Hiroshi Miyasaka

13. Photochromism of Organic Compounds Undergoing Isomerization Around the C═C Double Bond and/or Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Small and Large Structural Change
Kayoko Kataoka, Takuya Kobayashi, Tatsuo Arai

14. Photocontrol of New Molecular Functions by the Isomerization of Azobenzene
Nobuyuki Tamaoki

Keywords: Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Optical and Electronic Materials, Polymer Sciences, Spectroscopy/Spectrometry