Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded photodriven actuators based on an azobenzene-containing main-chain liquid crystalline poly(ester-amide)

A self-healing photoinduced-deformable material fabricated by liquid crystalline elastomers using multivalent hydrogen bonds as cross-linkers

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Photocontrol of fluid slugs in liquid crystal polymer microactuators

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Facile preparation of recyclable photodeformable azobenzene polymer fibers with chemically crosslinked networks

(2016) Guang Han et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Optical Pendulum Generator Based on Photomechanical Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2015) Rong Tang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

NIR–Vis–UV Light-Responsive Actuator Films of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites

(2015) Zhangxiang Cheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synthesis of well-defined easily crosslinkable azobenzene side-chain liquid crystalline polymers via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization and photomechanical properties of their post-crosslinked fibers

(2015) Liangjing Fang et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

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

Easily crosslinkable side-chain azobenzene polymers for fast and persistent fixation of surface relief gratings

(2015) Guang Han et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

A reactive azobenzene liquid-crystalline block copolymer as a promising material for practical application of light-driven soft actuators

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Photomobile Polymer Materials with Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Structures: Molecular Design, Fabrication, and Functions

(2014) Toru Ube et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Development of CaMn1−xRuxO3−y(x = 0 and 0.15) oxygen reduction catalysts for use in low temperature electrochemical devices containing alkaline electrolytes: ex situ testing using the rotating ring-disk electrode voltammetry method

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Enhancement of mechanical stability in hydrogen-bonded photomobile materials with chemically modified single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2014) Tetsuya Ozawa et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Synthesis of Reactive Azobenzene Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers via Michael Addition Polymerization and Photomechanical Effects of Their Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Fibers

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Biodegradable poly(ester amide)s – A remarkable opportunity for the biomedical area: Review on the synthesis, characterization and applications

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Unusual Reversible Photomechanical Actuation in Polymer/Nanotube Composites

(2012) Xuemei Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid-Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonded Systems

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Photoinduced Deformation of Crosslinked Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Film Oriented by a Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotube Sheet

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Reversible actuating and writing behaviours of a head-to-side connected main-chain photochromic liquid crystalline polymer

(2012) Dae-Yoon Kim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photocontrollable Liquid-Crystalline Actuators

(2011) Haifeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Actuators and Sensors

(2010) Christian Ohm et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Micron-sized liquid crystalline elastomer actuators

(2010) Hong Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Degradable Poly(ester amide)s for Biomedical Applications

(2010) Alfonso Rodriguez-Galan et al.   Polymers

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

(2009) Taiki Yoshino et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photochromic 3-dimensional actuator based on an uncrosslinked liquid crystal elastomer

(2009) Hyong Jong Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Photoresponsive side-chain liquid crystalline polymers with an easily cross-linkable azobenzene mesogen

(2008) Xinjuan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Photogenerating work from polymers

(2008) Hilmar Koerner et al.   Materials Today

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

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