Synthesis and photo-responsive behaviors of hollow polyazobenzene micro-spheres

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 3441-3447

  Wang, XiaoTao ^a   Yang, YingKui ^b   Yang, ZhiFang ^a   Liao, YongGui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Xie, XiaoLin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

azobenzene; hollow micro spheres; photoresponsive behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349262650     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3248-6     Document Type: Article

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