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Optically Deformable Materials: Photoinduced Topographical Feature Development in Blueprinted Azobenzene‐Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Elastomers (Adv. Funct. Mater. 32/2016)
Author(s) -
Ahn Sukkyun,
Ware Taylor H.,
Lee Kyung Min,
Tondiglia Vincent P.,
White Timothy J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670208
Subject(s) - azobenzene , materials science , elastomer , irradiation , liquid crystalline , deformation (meteorology) , relaxation (psychology) , composite material , polymer chemistry , polymer , psychology , social psychology , physics , nuclear physics
The photoinduced topographical deformation of azobenzene‐functionalized liquid crystalline elastomers is reported by T.J. White and co‐workers on page 5819. The authors report on the use of UV light irradiation to transform originally flat sheets into topographical surfaces. The photoinduced shape transformation and relaxation is shown to strongly depend on the azobenzene concentration as well as the network structure.