Javier Read de Alaniz1
University of California, Santa Barbara1
Javier Read de Alaniz1
University of California, Santa Barbara1
Photons have multiple enabling advantages to control stimuli-responsive materials. In this seminar, I will discuss our groups effort to design and develop a new class of negative photochromic molecules termed DASA, their incorporation into materials and subsequent effort to unlock their potential to convert light directly into mechanical work.