Reversible switching of the shear modulus of photoresponsive liquid- crystalline polymers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3494-3498

  Verploegen, Eric ^a   Soulages, Johannes ^b   Kozberg, Mariel ^a   Zhang, Tejia ^b   McKinley, Gareth ^b   Hammond, Paula ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azo componds; Isomerization; Liquid crystals; Polymers; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPONDS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MESOPHASES; PHOTORESPONSIVE; REVERSIBLE SWITCHING; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR MODULUS; UV LIGHT;

CRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; POLYMER; SILOXANE;

CHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

POLYMERS; SILOXANES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 70349974321     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900583     Document Type: Article

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