Light-driven molecular switches are already used in technical devices such as LCD displays and storage media. Full comprehension of the processes at a molecular scale is required to increase their ...

The first motor molecule was actually conceived as a light-driven molecular switch. Feringa sought ways to make switches from single molecules in a quest to make ever smaller electronics.

When light impinges on molecules, it is absorbed and re-emitted. Advances in ultrafast laser technology have steadily improved the level of detail in studies of such light-matter interactions.

Now scientists have engineered a chemically switchable version of the light-driven proton pump proteorhodopsin -- an essential tool for efficiently powering molecular factories and synthetic cells.

At the heart of these fantastical gadgets is a synthetic molecular switch that can trigger shape changes in liquid crystals that allow them to reflect different colors. Designed in the lab of Ivan ...

Molecular vibrations, when paired with near-infrared (NIR) light, have opened a new chapter in cancer treatment. Instead of ...

Researchers demonstrate a single-molecular Raman switch, which is controlled not only by an applied voltage, but also by optical inputs with different directions.

The molecular structure of the organic dye, named spiropyran, undergoes a reversible transformation triggered by UV irradiation which results in changes in the optical properties of the PDMS compound.

Researchers have developed a synthetic molecular switch that allows liquid crystals to change color based on ambient light. By manipulating chiral triptycene and hydrazones, the team created helical ...

(Nanowerk News) Light-driven molecular switches are already used in technical devices such as LCD displays and storage media. Full comprehension of the processes at a molecular scale is required to ...