Stimuli-responsive self-assembled multilayer azo thin films: Photo-switchable absorbance and morphological characteristics

- Spectral and morphological response and correlation of azobenzene incorporating thin-films is investigated through cyclic irradiation.
- Spectral shift is observed in aggregated structures, the extent of which is shown for the first time to be independent of degree of aggregation.
- Fabrication-structure-property model of azobenzene incorporating thin-films is presented.