Azobenzene photomechanics: Prospects and potential applications

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 967-1006

  Mahimwalla, Zahid ^a   Yager, Kevin G ^b   Mamiya, Jun Ichi ^c   Shishido, Atsushi ^c   Priimagi, Arri ^c,d   Barrett, Christopher J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Light harvesting; Liquid crystals; Photochemistry; Photomechanics; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BACK UP; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BOND FORMATION; CHEMICAL CHANGE; DIARYLETHENES; DOUBLE BONDS; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHING; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; FULGIDES; GEOMETRIC CHANGES; HOST MATERIALS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW POWER; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL ACTUATIONS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOMECHANICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEIN SYSTEM; RETINAL MOLECULES; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; SHAPE CHANGE; SINGLE PHOTONS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION EFFECT; TRANS ISOMERS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; GEOMETRY; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MOLECULES; OLEFINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THIN FILMS;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 84868637316     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0792-0     Document Type: Article

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