Tuning self-assembly and photo-responsive behavior of azobenzene-containing triblock copolymers by combining homopolymers

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Shaoliang ^a   Wang, Yingying ^a   Cai, Chunhua ^a   Xing, Yaohui ^a   Lin, Jiaping ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   He, Xiaohua ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AZOBENZENE CHROMOPHORE; AZOBENZENE GROUP; CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION DEGREES; HEXYL METHACRYLATE; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEARLY POLARIZED LASERS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; PHOTO-INDUCED; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; SPHERICAL MICELLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

AGGREGATES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHROMOPHORES; DEFORMATION; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; LASERS; MICELLES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 84873417467     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/8/085602     Document Type: Article

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