Hybrid nanoscale organic molecular crystals assembly as a photon-controlled actuator

T. Lan; Wei Chen

doi:10.1002/anie.201300856

Hybrid nanoscale organic molecular crystals assembly as a photon-controlled actuator

T. Lan
, Wei Chen

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Abstract

Molecule deformation to macroactuation: In a novel hybrid assembly photoisomerization causes microscale deformation of molecules that is amplified to macroscale bending of a composite membrane. The nanoscale molecular crystals, which are unevenly distributed in a functional polymer matrix, provide a new strategy for designing higher performance actuators that combine the advantages of both molecular crystals and liquid crystal elastomers. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6496-6500
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	52
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201300856
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

hybrid materials
isomerization
materials science
nanoscale molecular crystals
photon-controlled actuator

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Catalysis
General Chemistry

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