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Deforming Materials With Light: Photoresponsive Materials Muscle In On the Action
Author(s) -
Spinks Geoffrey M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201108831
Subject(s) - action (physics) , nanotechnology , materials science , molecule , biophysics , chemistry , physics , biology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Pump it : Materials that show intriguing shape changes induced by simple light exposure are emerging as candidates for artificial muscles. Recent examples are highlighted to illustrate the various molecular conformational changes induced by irradiation. Assemblies of these photoresponsive molecules are now being prepared that show functions that resemble real muscle.