Photocontrolled manipulation of a microscale object: A rotational or translational mechanism

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 508-515

  Kausar, Abu ^a,b   Nagano, Hiroto ^a   Kuwahara, Yutaka ^a   Ogata, Tomonari ^a   Kurihara, Seiji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

azobenzene; liquid crystals; photochromism; surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE COMPOUNDS; CHIRAL AZOBENZENE; IRRADIATION POSITION; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MICRO-SCALE OBJECT; MICRO-SCALES; NEMATIC LC; OPTICAL ISOMERS; PRECISE MANIPULATION; RACEMIC MIXTURES; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SOLID MATERIAL; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS; UV LASERS;

CAPILLARITY; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRYSTALS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOCHROMISM; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78651262165     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001238     Document Type: Article

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