A research team has revealed that photoreactions proceed differently depending on the crystal structure of photoreactive molecules, shining a light on the mechanism by which non-uniform photoreactions ...

Anthracene—a hydrocarbon known for its strong luminescence and high photo-reactivity—has long been considered one of the most iconic and widely studied organic molecules. Its [4+4] photocycloaddition ...

Top row: Photoreaction proceeds uniformly throughout the crystal. Bottom row: Photoreaction proceeds non-uniformly from the edge to the center of the crystal. A rose by any other name is a rose, but ...

(Nanowerk News) A rose by any other name is a rose, but what of a crystal? Osaka Metropolitan University-led researchers have found that single crystals of four anthracene derivatives with different ...