Development and Mechanistic Elucidation
of
Stimuli-Responsive π-Electron Systems
Kazuhiko Nagura
The stimuli-responsive molecules have
great potentials for various optoelectronic applications including molecular
memories, sensors, and switches. Particularly, π-electron systems play a key
role to achieve stimuli-response due to their intriguing photophysical,
electronic and magnetic properties. Since they are highly depending on their
molecular structure, significant changes of these properties can work as signal
for outside. In this talk, I will present stimuli-induced changes in molecular
structure and photophysical properties of π-conjugated molecules containing
main group elements.