Hollow microspheres of amphiphilic azo homopolymers: self-assembly and photoinduced deformation behavior
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- 15 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 47 (16) , 4757-4759
Abstract
A unique way to fabricate hollow microspheres by using an amphiphilic azo homopolymer (BP-AZ-CA) and photoinduced deformation behavior of the hollow structures in the solid state are reported.Keywords
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