Photoinduced deformation of hollow nanospheres formed by the self-assembly of amphiphilic random copolymers and small azo molecules†
Abstract
Size controllable hollow nanospheres have been fabricated through self-assembly of polymer/azo-compound pairs in aqueous media. A unique photoinduced deformation behavior of nanospheres was observed, when the nanospheres were irradiated by a linearly polarized Ar+ laser beam.