Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2010 Jul 28;12(28):7772-4. doi: 10.1039/b926570h. Epub 2010 May 25.
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.
光致玻璃化现象被观察到在具有成玻璃能力的偶氮苯基分子材料的单晶表面附近发生。该现象是由反式-顺式和顺式-反式异构化反应的重复引起的,因此可以被视为一种光机械效应。