Issue 96, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Rational design of light-directed dynamic spheres†

Yumi Okuia  and  Mina Han*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Department of Electronic Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan

b Department of Molecular Design & Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Japan
E-mail: hanmin@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81 52 789 4669
Tel: +81 52 789 3199

Abstract

We created light-directed dynamic spheres based on simple azobenzene monomers showing (i) a high yield of reversible trans ↔ cis photoisomerization and (ii) noticeable phase transition from crystalline to isotropic states under UV light irradiation at ambient temperature.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC36443C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Sep 2012
Accepted
23 Oct 2012
First published
23 Oct 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 11763-11765

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Y. Okui and M. Han, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 11763 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36443C

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