Yoshihiro Kikkawa

Thermally Tuned Acceleration of Photoinduced Crawling Motion in Azobenzene Crystals and Enhanced Particle Transport

Abstract Mechanically responsive organic crystals are attracting increasing attention as soft actuators. However, precise control over the velocity of their continuous translational motion remains a challenge. Crystals of trans-3,3′-dimethylazobenzene (DMAB) exhibit continuous cr...