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Frontispiece: Photoinduced Liquefaction of Azobenzene‐Containing Polymers
Author(s) -
Weis Philipp,
Tian Wei,
Wu Si
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201882562
Subject(s) - azobenzene , photoisomerization , polymer , liquefaction , materials science , lithography , photochemistry , polymer science , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , optoelectronics , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , isomerization , catalysis
Photoisomerization of azobenzene groups in the polymer results in solid‐to‐liquid transition (see the Frontispiece graphic). Photoinduced liquefaction of azopolymers shows potential applications in healing, lithography, transfer printing, and others. The possible mechanisms, remaining challenges and potential applications of photoinduced liquefaction of azopolymers are described after the fundamentals of photoresponsive azopolymers are presented. For more details, see the Minireview by W. Tian, S. Wu and P. Weis on page 6494 ff.