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Photomobile polymer materials—various three-dimensional movements

Munenori Yamada, Mizuho Kondo, Ryo Miyasato, Yumiko Naka, Jun‐ichi Mamiya, Motoi Kinoshita, Atsushi Shishido, Yanlei Yu, Christopher J. Barrett, Tomiki Ikeda

Year
2008
Citations
379

Abstract

The composition of a crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymer and a flexible polymer film can provide a variety of simple devices that can walk in one direction like an ‘inchworm’ and move like a ‘robotic arm’ induced by light.

Keywords

PolymerMaterials sciencePolymer scienceComposite material

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