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Unusual Reversible Photomechanical Actuation in Polymer/Nanotube Composites
Author(s) -
Sun Xuemei,
Wang Wei,
Qiu Longbin,
Guo Wenhan,
Yu Yanlei,
Peng Huisheng
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.201201975
Subject(s) - azobenzene , carbon nanotube , composite number , polymer , materials science , composite material , deformation (meteorology) , nanotube , irradiation , liquid crystalline , physics , nuclear physics
An azobenzene‐containing liquid crystalline polymer/carbon nanotube composite strip was synthesized that shows rapid and reversible deformation under UV irradiation. The aligned nanotubes also provide the composite with much higher mechanical strength than pure liquid crystalline polymers and a very high electrical conductivity.