Reconfigurable and Recyclable Photoactuators Based on Azobenzene-Containing Polymers [PDF]
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 Photoactuators are promising smart materials that can adapt their shapes upon light illumination. Smart materials with recycling, reusable, and reconfigurable properties are crucial for a sustainable society, and it is important to expand their function.
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Assessing the stability of azopolymer nanotopography during live-cell fluorescence imaging [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyIntroductionPhotomodifiable azopolymer nanotopographies represent a powerful means of assessing how cells respond to rapid changes in the local microenvironment.
Mona H. Abdelrahman +8 more
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Light-induced modulation of viscoelastic properties in azobenzene polymers [PDF]
NanophotonicsPhoto-induced isomerization of azobenzene molecules drives mass migrations in azopolymer samples. The resulting macroscopic directional photo-deformation of the material morphology has found many applications in literature, although the fundamental ...
Chiodini Stefano +4 more
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Stress-driven photo-reconfiguration of surface microstructures via vectorial field-guided lithography [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsPattern formation driven by mechanical stress plays a fundamental role in shaping structural organization in both natural and human-made systems. Using light as a vectorial stimulus may offer a powerful route to control stress-induced pattern formation ...
I Komang Januariyasa +9 more
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Unusual photo-tunable mechanical transformation of azobenzene terminated aliphatic polycarbonate [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHuman substance needsśś have been enriched by the development of smart-responsive materials possessing unique responsiveness and mechanical variability.
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Neuromorphic Light-Responsive Organic Matter for in Materia Reservoir Computing. [PDF]
Adv MaterIn this work we show that light‐responsive adaptive organic matter can store and process information at the matter level, and emulate neuromorphic functionalities such as short term memory, long term memory and visual memory. Besides demonstrating that material dynamics can be exploited for spatio‐temporal event detection and motion perception, we show
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Mechanism of Nanocomposite Formation in the Layer-by-Layer Single-Step Electropolymerization of π‑Conjugated Azopolymers and Reduced Graphene Oxide: An Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Study [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2020 André Olean-Oliveira +2 more
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Photochromic Cholesteric Liquid Crystals via Arylazopyrazole Functionalization of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose. [PDF]
Adv MaterWe produce a new derivative of hydroxypropyl cellulose functionalized with arylazopyrazole side chains and demonstrate its photoswitchable behaviors in dilute and concentrated aqueous solutions, ultimately designing a series of photochromic cholesteric materials that can be photopatterned as write‐erase displays.
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Azobenzene as Antimicrobial Molecules
Molecules, 2022 Azo molecules, characterized by the presence of a -N=N- double bond, are widely used in various fields due to their sensitivity to external stimuli, ch as light.
Miriam Di Martino +5 more
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Opto-Electronic Science, 2023 Hall effect of light is a result of symmetry breaking in spin and/or orbital angular momentum (OAM) possessing optical system and is caused by e.g. refractive index gradient/interface between media or focusing of a spatially asymmetrical beam, similar to
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