Miyasaka H., Matsuda K., Abe J., Kawai T. (eds.) Photosynergetic Responses in Molecules and Molecular Aggregates

Springer, 2020. — 586 p. — ISBN: 978-981-15-5450-6.This book compiles the accomplishments of the recent research project on photochemistry “Photosynergetics”, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, aiming to develop and elucidate new methods and molecules leading to advanced utilization of photo-energies. Topics include photochemical responses induced by multiple excitation, multiphoton absorption, strong modulation of electronic states, developments of new photofunctional molecules, mesoscopic actuations induced by photoexcitation, and novel photoresponses in molecules and molecular assemblies. The authors stress that these approaches based on the synergetic interaction among many photons and many molecules enable the expansion of the accessibility to specific electronic states. As well, they explain how the development of reaction sequences and molecules/molecular assemblies ensure “additivity” and “integration” without loss of the photon energy, leading to new photoresponsive assemblies in meso- and macroscopic scales.Advanced Control of Photochemical Reactions Leading to Synergetic Responses in Molecules and Mesoscopic Materials
Advanced Electronic Structure Theory for High-Accuracy Prediction of Higher Excited States and Its Application to Photochromic Molecules
Enhanced and Selective Two-Photon Excitation of Molecular Vibronic States Using Entangled Photons
Stepwise Two-Photon Photochromism
Suppression of Internal Conversions from Pseudo-Degenerate Excited Electronic States
Advanced Function Control of Photochemical Reactions Using Mesoscopic Structures
Plasmon-Associated Control of Chemical Reaction at Nanometer Scale
Modulations of Electronic States in Plasmonic Strong Coupling Systems and Their Application to Photochemical Reaction Fields
Photosynergetic Effects on Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Processes in Solid Studied by Theory and Experiments
Hot Carrier Transfer and Carrier Manipulation of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
The Confinement and Migration of Charge-Carriers in Lead Halide Perovskites
Plasmon-Induced Carrier Transfer for Infrared Light Energy Conversion
Controlling Optical Properties of Multinary Quantum Dots for Developing Novel Photoelectrochemical Reactions
Photosynergetic Enhancement of Photosensitivity of Photochromic Terarylenes
Creation of Molecularly Integrated Multi-responsive Photochromic Systems
Efficient Singlet Fission in Acene-Based Molecular Assemblies
Synergetic Photon Upconversion Realized by a Controlled Toroidal Interaction in Hexaarylbenzene Derivatives
π-Electronic Ion-Pairing Assemblies for Photoswitching Materials
Photoinduced Morphological Transformation and Photodriven Movement of Objects Using Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Diarylethene in Water
Functional Photoactive Materials Based on Flexible π Molecules
Giant Amplification of Fluorescence Quenching in Photochromic Nanoparticles and Crystals
Cooperative Molecular Alignment Process Enabled by Scanning Wave Photopolymerization
Ultrafast Energy Transfer of Biohybrid Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes in Molecular Assembly Systems
Biomimetic Functions by Microscopic Molecular Reactions in Macroscopic Photoresponsive Crystalline System
Photoresponsive Molecular Crystals for Light-Driven Photoactuators
Interplay of Photoisomerization and Phase Transition Events Provide a Working Supramolecular Motor
Crawling and Bending Motions of Azobenzene Derivatives Based on Photoresponsive Solid–Liquid Phase Transition System
Photomechanical Effects in Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers with Photosynergetic Processes
Femtosecond Pump-Probe Microspectroscopy and Its Application to Single Organic Nanoparticles and Microcrystals
Single-Molecule Level Study and Control of Collective Photoresponse in Molecular Complexes and Related Systems
Cooperative and Hierarchal Photoresponses of Molecular Assembling Processes Probed by Organic Fluorescent Molecules
Fabrication of Charge-Transfer Complex Nanocrystals Toward Electric Field-Induced Resistive Switching
Turn-on Mode Photoswitchable Fluorescent Diarylethenes for Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
Crystallization Control of the Photoresponsible Diarylethene Film with an Aluminum Plasmonic Chip