Photoinduced bending of a coumarin-containing supramolecular polymer
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- 13 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 5 (2) , 308-310
Abstract
An amorphous polymer bearing a number of H-bonded coumarin groups can display large bending towards incident UV light. Imbalanced surface stresses generated by the photocrosslinking of polymer chains occurring on the side of the film receiving the UV light are believed to cause the photoinduced deformation.Keywords
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