Amphiphilic azo polymers: Molecular engineering, self-assembly and photoresponsive properties

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-301

  Wang, Dongrui ^a,b   Wang, Xiaogong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic; Azo polymers; Photoresponsive properties; Self assembly; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS; AMPHIPHILICS; AZO CHROMOPHORES; AZO POLYMERS; COLLOIDAL ARRAYS; DISPERSION MEDIUM; DOMAIN ORIENTATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR DESIGN; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE PROPERTY; POROUS THIN FILMS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-ASSEMBLING STRUCTURE; STAR-LIKE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; VERTICAL DEPOSITION METHOD;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHROMOPHORES; DENDRIMERS; DEPOSITION; DRUG DELIVERY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84874116443     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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