Influence of the porosity on the photoresponse of a liquid crystal elastomer | Zendy

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Influence of the porosity on the photoresponse of a liquid crystal elastomer

Author(s) -

Emre Kizilkan,

Jan Strueben,

Xin Jin,

Clemens F. Schaber,

Rainer Adelung,

Anne Staubitz,

Stanislav N. Gorb

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

royal society open science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84

H-Index - 51

ISSN - 2054-5703

DOI - 10.1098/rsos.150700

Subject(s) - azobenzene , porosity , materials science , elastomer , polymer , bending , liquid crystal , composite material , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , computer science , programming language

Azobenzene containing liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are among of the most prominent photoresponsive polymers due to their fast and reversible response to different light stimuli. To bring new functions into the present framework, novel modifications in bulk material morphology are required. Therefore, we produced azobenzene LCE free-standing films with different porosities. While the porosity provided macroscopic morphological changes, at the same time, it induced modifications in alignment of liquid crystal azobenzene units in the films. We found that a high porosity increased the photoresponse of the LCE in terms of bending angle with high significance. Moreover, the porous LCE films showed similar bending forces to those of pore-free LCE films.

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