Photomobile materials with interpenetrating polymer networks composed of liquid-crystalline and amorphous polymers

Authors :: K. Takado
Tomiki Ikeda
Toru Ube
Source :: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 3:8006-8009
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015.
Abstract: We developed interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) composed of a crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymer (PAzo) and poly(alkyl methacrylate)s (PAMAs). When irradiated with UV and visible light, the IPN films showed reversible bending. The photoresponsive and mechanical properties of PAzo films were significantly enhanced by incorporation of the PAMA components.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science
Liquid crystalline
Alkyl methacrylate
General Chemistry
Polymer
Bending
Amorphous solid
chemistry.chemical_compound
Azobenzene
chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Irradiation
Composite material
Visible spectrum

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