Photomechanical effects in liquid crystalline polymer networks and elastomers

Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Networks with Shape Memory Behavior and Dynamic Ester Bonds

(2016) Yuzhan Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photoinduced Topographical Feature Development in Blueprinted Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2016) Suk-kyun Ahn et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photoresponsive Fiber Array: Toward Mimicking the Collective Motion of Cilia for Transport Applications

(2016) Anne Helene Gelebart et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Photomobile Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers with Rearrangeable Networks

(2016) Toru Ube et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Making and Remaking Dynamic 3D Structures by Shining Light on Flat Liquid Crystalline Vitrimer Films without a Mold

(2016) Yang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Vitrification and plastic flow in transient elastomer networks

(2016) Robyn H. Pritchard et al.   POLYMER

Regulating the modulus of a chiral liquid crystal polymer network by light

(2016) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   Soft Matter

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

(2015) Timothy J. White et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Programmed liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation strain

(2015) T. H. Ware et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

New insights into photoactivated volume generation boost surface morphing in liquid crystal coatings

(2015) Danqing Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Programmable Liquid Crystal Elastomers Prepared by Thiol–Ene Photopolymerization

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   ACS Macro Letters

The first thiol–yne click chemistry approach for the preparation of liquid crystalline elastomers

(2015) Daniele Martella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Molecular Engineering of Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides To Enhance Both Photomechanical Work and Motion

(2014) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

(2014) Supitchaya Iamsaard et al.   Nature Chemistry

Photoactuation and thermal isomerisation mechanism of cyanoazobenzene-based liquid crystal elastomers

(2014) Jaume Garcia-Amorós et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Tactile device based on opto-mechanical actuation of liquid crystal elastomers

(2014) N. Torras et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Topography from Topology: Photoinduced Surface Features Generated in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2013) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds

(2013) Zhiqiang Pei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The power of light in polymer science: photochemical processes to manipulate polymer formation, structure, and properties

(2013) Shunsuke Chatani et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Photo-sensitivity of dye-doped liquid crystal elastomers

(2013) Jean E. Marshall et al.   Soft Matter

Direct Sun-Driven Artificial Heliotropism for Solar Energy Harvesting Based on a Photo-Thermomechanical Liquid-Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposite

(2012) Chensha Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enhancement of Photogenerated Mechanical Force in Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides

(2012) Kyung Min Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Light to work transduction and shape memory in glassy, photoresponsive macromolecular systems: Trends and opportunities

(2012) Timothy J. White   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Photomechanical Response of Pre-strained Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimide Materials

(2012) Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Flexural-Torsional Photomechanical Responses in Azobenzene-Containing Crosslinked Polyimides

(2012) David H. Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING

Photochemical Mechanism and Photothermal Considerations in the Mechanical Response of Monodomain, Azobenzene-Functionalized Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2012) Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tailoring the Photomechanical Response of Glassy, Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides by Physical Aging

(2012) By Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photodriven, Flexural-Torsional Oscillation of Glassy Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Solar to electrical conversion via liquid crystal elastomers

(2011) T. Hiscock et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Photomechanical mechanism and structure-property considerations in the generation of photomechanical work in glassy, azobenzene liquid crystal polymer networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

NIR-Light-Induced Deformation of Cross-Linked Liquid-Crystal Polymers Using Upconversion Nanophosphors

(2011) Wei Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Opto-Mechanical Effect in Photoactive Nematic Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers

(2011) Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Photomechanical Response of Glassy Azobenzene Polyimide Networks

(2011) David H. Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photomobile polymer materials: from nano to macro

(2011) Tomiki Ikeda et al.   Materials Today

Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

(2011) Y. Sawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-activated shape memory of glassy, azobenzene liquid crystalline polymer networks

(2011) Kyung Min Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Relationship between the Photomechanical Response and the Thermomechanical Properties of Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks

(2010) Kyung Min Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Curvature in nematic elastica responding to light and heat

(2010) M. Warner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Three-Dimensional Photomobility of Crosslinked Azobenzene Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Fibers

(2009) Taiki Yoshino et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Can sunlight drive the photoinduced bending of polymer films?

(2009) Ruoyuan Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Effect of concentration of photoactive chromophores on photomechanical properties of crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymers

(2009) Mizuho Kondo et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Changing liquid crystal elastomer ordering with light – a route to opto-mechanically responsive materials

(2009) D. Corbett et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Light-responsive wires from side-on liquid crystalline azo polymers

(2009) Wei Deng et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

Nematic main-chain elastomers: Coupling and orientational behavior

(2008) Simon Krause et al.   COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE

Polarization-controlled, photodriven bending in monodomain liquid crystal elastomer cantilevers

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Effects of Solvent Viscosity and Polarity on the Isomerization of Azobenzene

(2008) Francesca Serra et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bending Dynamics and Directionality Reversal in Liquid Crystal Network Photoactuators

(2008) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Photogenerating work from polymers

(2008) Hilmar Koerner et al.   Materials Today

Polarization dependence of optically driven polydomain elastomer mechanics

(2008) D. Corbett et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A high frequency photodriven polymer oscillator

(2008) Timothy J. White et al.   Soft Matter

Is chemical crosslinking necessary for the photoinduced bending of polymer films?

(2007) Jun-ichi Mamiya et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY