Journal
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 594, Issue 1, Pages 86-91Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2014.917479
Keywords
Interpenetrating polymer network; actuator; liquid crystalline polymer; polymathacrylate; stimuli responsive material; azobenzene
Funding
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26870592] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Various fabrication methods of photomobile polymer materials containing photochromic moieties have been developed to improve their photoresponsive and mechanical properties. Here, we newly prepared photomobile polymer materials with interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) structures. The IPN films, which are composed of azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) and polymethacrylates, showed reversible bending behavior upon exposure to UV and visible light. Bending speed of the IPN films became higher with decreasing glass-transition temperature of polymethacrylate components. The IPN film containing poly(dodecyl methacrylate) showed faster bending than the pristine azobenzene LCP film.
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