The development of molecular materials whose physical properties can be controlled by external stimuli — such as light, electric field, temperature, and pressure — has recently attracted much ...

EARLY in the present century, it was a comparatively simple matter to ascertain whether a specific organic compound had been described in the literature, and, if so, to determine what was known about ...

Physical chemists are focused on understanding the physical properties of atoms and molecules, the way chemical reactions work, and what these properties reveal. Their discoveries are based on ...

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