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Photodeformable Polymers: A New Kind of Promising Smart Material for Micro‐ and Nano‐Applications
Author(s) -
Yu Yanlei,
Ikeda Tomiki
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.200500318
Subject(s) - polymer , materials science , elastomer , polymer science , nano , nanotechnology , smart material , molecule , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Summary: Starting in the 1960s, several kinds of photodeformable polymers have been developed, such as monolayers, polymer gels, solid films and liquid‐crystalline elastomers with different photodeformation mechanisms. This field evolved slowly until recently when significant achievements have been made. Most recently, Lendlein and co‐workers have put forward another new concept – using photo‐crosslinking to prepare deformable polymers with various pre‐determined shapes ( Nature 2005 , 434 , 879). This highlight gives a general introduction into photodeformable polymers and brings forth future challenges.A polymer film doped with SCAA molecules where (a) is the permanent shape, (b) is the temporary shape and (c) is the recovered shape.