Photocontrolled translational motion of a microscale solid object on azobenzene-doped liquid-crystalline films

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2144-2147

  Kausar, Abu ^a   Nagano, Hiroto ^a   Ogata, Tomonari ^a   Nonaka, Takamasa ^a   Kurihara, Seiji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azo compounds; Liquid crystals; Mass transport; Photochemistry; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CRYSTALS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MASS TRANSFER; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AZO COMPOUNDS; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; IRRADIATION POSITIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE FILMS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MASS TRANSPORT; MICRO-SCALE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECISE CONTROLS; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 61949484621     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804762     Document Type: Article

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