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New paper in Science about photoswitches under confinement is out!
Illustration: PositiveDope / Deviant Art ( https://www.deviantart.com/positivedope/art/Angler-Fish-BIG-97779381 ) A deep-sea fish...
Sep 20, 2023


Check out our new paper in Angewandte Chemie about Self-Healable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators
The liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with incorporated halogen bond crosslinks exhibit excellent self-healing properties without...
Sep 14, 2023


Meet our fresh review article about liquid crystal networks in water in Advanced Materials journal
The article discusses challenges LCNs face in widespread adaptation to aquatic soft robotic applications and suggests possible paths...
Aug 7, 2023


Please check out our new paer on hydrogel-based laser improved via a host-guest complexation!
Do you want to know how supramolecular guest-host complexation helps in improving the performance of hydrogel-based dye lasers? Ask...
May 14, 2023


Check out our new paper on photoswitching of indigos in polymer thin films in Chemical Science
Can red-light photoswitching of indigos take place in polymers alike in solution? YES! Read from the fresh Chemical Science paper or ask...
Feb 23, 2023


Researchers know how to bend molecules indirectly with safe red light
Red-light excited porphyrin donates its energy to a twisted azobenzene to turn it into a planar one. Image source: Nikita Durandin and...
Sep 4, 2021


Our research on azobenzene-based surface topography to guide cell confinement and migration has been published in Nature.
The image shows epithelial cells growing on a light-activable surface. The brightness of the green indicator tells the amount of...
Jan 26, 2021


Review on Azo&Bio Interface published in Advanced Optical Materials - congrats Chiara!
Yet another nice paper with the teams of Chris Barrett and Atsushi Shishido, thanks for the long-lasting collaboration. And what a team...
May 28, 2019
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