Title: Can Sunlight Drive the Photoinduced Bending of Polymer Films?

Author: Ruoyuan Yin, Wanxian Xu, Mizuho Kondo, Chu-Chun Yen, Jun-ichi Mamiya, Tomiki Ikeda, Yanlei Yu*

Journal: J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 3141-3143

Abstract:

Photoinduced bending and unbending behavior of crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymers containing azotolane moieties in side chains occurred upon irradiation with sunlight, according to the trans–cis photoisomerization of the azotolane moieties.

Fulltext Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2009/jm/b904973h#!divAbstract