Photoinduced movement: how photoirradiation induced the movements of matter

Tetsuo Yamaguchi; Makoto Ogawa

doi:10.1080/14686996.2022.2142955

Photoinduced movement: how photoirradiation induced the movements of matter

Sci Technol Adv Mater. 2022 Nov 30;23(1):796-844. doi: 10.1080/14686996.2022.2142955. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Tetsuo Yamaguchi¹, Makoto Ogawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, South Korea.
² School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong, Thailand.

Abstract

Pioneered by the success on active transport of ions across membranes in 1980 using the regulation of the binding properties of crown ethers with covalently linked photoisomerizable units, extensive studies on the movements by using varied interactions between moving objects and environments have been reported. Photoinduced movements of various objects ranging from molecules, polymers to microscopic particles were discussed from the aspects of the driving for the movements, materials design to achieve the movements and systems design to see and to utilize the movements are summarized in this review.

Keywords: Photochromism; interface; patterning; photocatalysis; photoinduced movement.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The authors are grateful for Distinguished Professor Grant (Grant number N41A640072) from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). This work was supported by the joint research program of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University and by a Moonshot project (Grant number JPNP18016) from the New Energy, Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea) (No. 2021R1F1A1061168).