Comparing Photoactuation of an Azobenzene-Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal Polymer through Its Activation Mechanism: Trans–Cis–Trans Reorientation and Photoisomerization
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12184
Abstract: We compare the actuation speeds of the azobenzene-doped nematic liquid crystal polymer (azo-LCP) by examining its activation mechanisms: photoisomerization and trans–cis–trans reorientation (TCTR) (also known as Weigert effect). Both experiments and modeling are carried out… read more here.
Keywords: nematic liquid; azobenzene doped; photoisomerization; doped nematic ... See more keywords
Photoplasticization effect of an azobenzene-doped liquid crystal depending on phase structures
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DOI: 10.1246/cl.171072
Abstract: A photoresponsive plasticizer for a photo-inactive polymer was developed using an azobenzene-doped liquid crystal (LC). The azo-doped LC was miscible with poly(methyl methacrylate) up to a critical concentration, above which it phase-separated from the polymer.… read more here.
Keywords: phase; phase structures; doped liquid; azobenzene doped ... See more keywords