Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals

ISBN-13: 9780470175781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 536 str.

Yue Zhao

Opis

This book reviews the cutting-edge significant research in the field of smart light-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. Smart Light-Responsive Materials will serve to catalyze new research that will lead this field over the next 5-10 years.

Spis treści

Preface.

1. Azobenzene Polymers for Photonic Applications (Kevin G. Yager and Christopher J. Barrett).

2. Photo–Induced Phenomena in Supramolecular Azobenzene Materials (Joachim Stumpe, Olga Kulikovska, Leonid M. Goldenberg and Yuriy Zakrevskyy).

3. Photodeformable Materials and Photo–Mechanical Effects Based on Azobenzene–Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals (Yanlei Yu and Tomiki Ikeda).

4. Amorphous Azobenzene Polymers for Light–Induced Surface Patterning (Kevin G. Yager and Christopher J. Barrett).

5. Azo Polymer Colloidal Spheres: Formation, Two–dimensional Array and Photoresponsive Properties (Xiaogong Wang).

6. Azobenzene–Containing Block Copolymer Micelles: toward Light–Controllable Nanocarriers (Yue Zhao).

7. Associates between Azobenzene–modified Polymers and Surfactants or Nanoparticles to Amplify Macroscopic Photo–transitions in Solution (Christophe Tribet).

8. Light–Responsive 2D Motions and Manipulations in Azobenzene–Containing Liquid Crystalline Polymer Materials (Takahiro Seki).

9. Photo–induced Immobilization of Molecules on the surface of Azobezene Polymers: Principles and Application (Osamu Watanabe).

10. Photo–tuning of Helical Structure of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals (Seiji Kurihara).

11. Tunable Diffraction Gratings Based on Azobenzene Polymers and Liquid Crystals (Yue Zhao).

12. Azo Block Copolymers in Solid State (Haifeng Yu and Tomiki Ikeda).

13. Photoresponsive Hybrid Silica Materials Containing Azobenzene Ligands (Nanguo Liu and C. Jeffrey Brinker).

O autorze

Yue Zhao, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sherbrooke. With more than 100 publications to his credit, Dr. Zhao′s research interests center on the design, synthesis, and applications of new polymer and liquid–crystalline materials. He has worked on specific applications of light–responsive materials, self–assembled materials, and nanostructured materials for liquid crystal displays, controlled drug delivery, and tunable optical devices.

Tomiki Ikeda, PhD, is Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Professor Ikeda is a leading authority in light–responsive materials and liquid–crystalline materials. Professor Ikeda′s research interests focus on photomobile polymer materials, photodeformable smart materials based on azobenzene liquid–crystalline elastomers, and electroluminescent liquid–crystalline materials. He has more than 400 publications to his credit.

Blurb

Opens the door to promising new light–enabled

smart materials and their applications

Examining the most promising developments, this contributed work reviews smart light–responsive materials based on azobenzene polymers and liquid crystals. The book explores the underlying mechanisms of azobenzene polymers and liquid crystals, highlighting new functionalities and properties that have been realized through rational design. Moreover, the book provides insight into new and emerging light–enabled smart materials and their applications, particularly in the fields of photonics and optics.

Edited by two leading authorities in the field, this book features an internationally recognized team of expert authors. Contributions are based on the authors′ firsthand experience in the lab as well as their thorough investigation of the literature. Highlights of coverage include:

• Photo–induced phenomena in supramolecular azobenzene materials

• Amorphous azobenzene polymers for light–induced surface patterning

• Light–responsive 2–D motions and manipulations in azobenzene–containing liquid crystalline polymer materials

• Photo–tuning of the helical structure of cholesteric liquid crystals

• Azobenzene block copolymers in the solid state

Among the materials covered are light–bendable elastomers, light–dissociable polymer micelles, light–controllable emulsions, liquid crystal/polymer composites, and colloids.

Smart Light–Responsive Materials not only presents the state of the technology, it also serves as a catalyst for the development of new light–enabled materials and applications. In addition to benefiting researchers who work on azobenzene polymers and liquid crystals, the book is also recommended for any researcher involved in developing light–responsive materials as many of the strategies from the book can be adapted to other chromophores.