Smart light-responsive materials: azobenzene-containing polymers and liquid crystals
Zhao, Y.
Ikeda, Tomiki
This book reviews the cutting-edge significant research in the field of smartlight-responsive materials based on azobenzene polymers and liquid crystals. Emphasis is placed on the discovery of new phenomena from the past 5 years, their underlying mechanisms, new functionalities, and properties achieved through rational design. Edited by leading authorities in the field, Zhao and Ikeda,the chapters are authored by an internationally-recognized team of experts from North America, Europe, and Asia. Materials whose functions are enabled by light illumination covered here include light-bendable elastomers, light-dissociable polymer micellar nanocarriers, light-induced surface patterning, light-controllable gels, nanocomposites, colloids, dendrimers, and more. Smart Light-Responsive Materials will serve to catalyze new research that will lead this field over the next 5-10 years.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-17578-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 514
- Fecha Publicación: 24/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés