1062044-76-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Photomobile polymer materials - Various three-dimensional movements
Yamada, Munenori,Kondo, Mizuho,Miyasato, Ryo,Naka, Yumiko,Mamiya, Jun-Ichi,Kinoshita, Motoi,Shishido, Atsushi,Yu, Yanlei,Barrett, Christopher J.,Ikeda, Tomiki
, p. 60 - 62 (2009)
The composition of a crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymer and a flexible polymer film can provide a variety of simple devices that can walk in one direction like an 'inchworm' and move like a 'robotic arm' induced by light. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2009.
Photomobile polymer materials: Towards light-driven plastic motors
Yamada, Munenori,Kondo, Mizuho,Mamiya, Jun-Ichi,Yu, Yanlei,Kinoshita, Motoi,Barrett, Christopher J.,Ikeda, Tomiki
supporting information; scheme or table, p. 4986 - 4988 (2009/03/11)
(Figure Presented) Can light drive a motor? Azobenzene-containing liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) and their composite materials have the potential to show three-dimensional movement by light irradiation. With the LCE laminated films, a first light-driven plastic motor has been developed, which can convert light energy directly into a continuous rotation without the aid of batteries, electric wires, or gears.
