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Liquid-Crystal Polymers: Liquid-Crystalline Polymer with a Block Mesogenic Side Group: Photoinduced Manipulation of Nanophase-Separated Structures (Adv. Funct. Mater. 23/2009)

  1. Kunihiko Okano*,
  2. Yasuyuki Mikami,
  3. Takashi Yamashita*

Article first published online: 3 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200990105

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Advanced Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials

Volume 19, Issue 23, page n/a, December 9, 2009

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Okano, K., Mikami, Y. and Yamashita, T. (2009), Liquid-Crystal Polymers: Liquid-Crystalline Polymer with a Block Mesogenic Side Group: Photoinduced Manipulation of Nanophase-Separated Structures (Adv. Funct. Mater. 23/2009). Adv. Funct. Mater., 19: n/a. doi: 10.1002/adfm.200990105

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, 278-8510 (Japan)

*Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Tokyo University of Science 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, 278-8510 (Japan).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 3 DEC 2009

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  • CLUSTER (second stage) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

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Keywords:

  • Azobenzene;
  • block mesogenes;
  • Liquid crystals;
  • Nanophase separation;
  • Photoisomerization
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The inside cover image represents a novel azobenzene liquid-crystalline (LC) polymer with a block mesogenic side group, which exhibits a lamellar structure after annealing in an LC phase. Whereas irradiation with linearly polarized light aligns the lamellae parallel to the polarization, irradiation with unpolarized light erases the surface morphology accompanied by photochemical phase transition, as reported by K. Okano et al. on page 3804.

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