Includes bibliographical references and index.

Molecular Switching. Multifunctional Diarylethenes / C Chad Warford, Vincent Lemieux, Neil R Branda -- Photoswitchable Molecular Systems Based on Spiropyrans and Spirooxazines / Vladimir I Minkin -- Fulgides and Related Compounds / Yasushi Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Gushiken, Takashi Ubukata -- Transition Metal-Complexed Catenanes and Rotaxanes as Molecular Machine Prototypes / Christian Tock, Julien Frey, Jean Pierre Sauvage -- Chiroptical Molecular Switches / Wesley R Browne, Ben L Feringa -- Multistate/Multifunctional Molecular-Level Systems: Photochromic Flavylium Compounds / Fernando Pina, Jorge Parola, Raquel Gomes, Mauro Maestri, Vincenzo Balzani -- Nucleic-Acid-Based Switches / Eike Friedrichs, Friedrich C Simmel -- Switching in Containers, Polymers and Channels. Switching Processes in Cavitands, Containers and Capsules / Vladimir A Azov, Fraṅois Diederich -- Cyclodextrin-Based Switches / He Tian, Qiao-Chun Wang -- Photoswitchable Polypeptides / Francesco Ciardelli, Simona Bronco, Osvaldo Pieroni, Andrea Pucci -- Ion Translocation within Multisite Receptors / Valeria Amendola, Marco Bonizzoni, Luigi Fabbrizzi -- Optically Induced Processes in Azopolymers / Cleber R Mendoṅa, Ďbora T Balogh, Leonardo De Boni, David S dos Santos, Valtencir Zucolotto, Osvaldo N Oliveira -- Photoresponsive Polymers / Zouheir Sekkat, Wolfgang Knoll -- Responsive Molecular Gels / Jaap de Jong, Ben L Feringa, Jan van Esch -- Switchable Proteins and Channels / Matthew Volgraf, Matthew Banghart, Dirk Trauner -- Molecular Switching in Logic Systems and Electronics. Reading and Powering Molecular Machines by Light / Vincenzo Balzani, Monica Semeraro, Margherita Venturi, Alberto Credi -- Photoinduced Motion Associated with Monolayers / Kunihiro Ichimura, Takahiro Seki -- Molecular Logic Systems / A Prasanna de Silva, Thomas P Vance, Boontana Wannalerse, Matthew E S West -- Electron- and Energy-Transfer Mechanisms for Fluorescence Modulation with Photochromic Switches / Tiziana Benelli, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Fraṅisco M Raymo -- Conductance Properties of Switchable Molecules / Sense Jan van der Molen, Peter Liljeroth.

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