Journal
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 529, Issue -, Pages 71-79Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2010.495897
Keywords
Azobenzene; electron-beam crosslinking; liquid-crystalline polymer; photoinduced bending
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We proposed a new approach to fabricate bilayer films with a crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline (LC) polymer. The polyethylene (PE) substrates were coated with linear azobenzene LC polymers, and then the azobenzene layers were crosslinked by irradiation with electron beams (EBs). In the EB-irradiated films with ordered azobenzene moieties, exposure to UV light caused trans-cis isomerization and the change in alignment of azobenzene moieties. Bending of the bilayer films could be induced toward an actinic light source when they were irradiated from the side of the azobenzene layer, while they bent away from the actinic light source upon UV irradiation from the side of the PE layer. In both cases, the bent films reverted to the initial flat state by turning off the light, which could be repeated at room temperature.
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