Photo-responsible gel actuator developed with scanning microscopic light scattering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8341, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Furukawa, Hidemitsu ^a   Yoshikawa, Mayumi ^b   Yamada, Kyoko ^b   Watanabe, Toshiyuki ^b   Hidema, Ruri ^a   Horie, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Azobenzene; Gels; Light scattering; Photo isomerization; Photo responsive

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE MOIETY; MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATIONS; MAIN CHAINS; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; POLY(AMIDE ACID); POLYMER GELS; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AZOBENZENE; DEFORMATION; GELS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84861511472     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.915184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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