New compound switches between liquid and solid states when exposed to light or heat

A research group led by Professor Mochida Tomoyuki (Kobe University Graduate School of Science) and PhD student Funasako Yusuke (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi) has developed a metal-containing compound which transforms into a solid when exposed to light and returns to liquid form when heated. This substance could potentially be used for photolithography technology, such as fabricating printed circuits, among other applications. The findings were published in the journal Chemical Communi