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Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors†

  1. Munenori Yamada1,
  2. Mizuho Kondo1,
  3. Jun-ichi Mamiya Dr.1,
  4. Yanlei Yu Prof. Dr.2,
  5. Motoi Kinoshita Dr.1,
  6. Christopher J. Barrett Prof. Dr.3,
  7. Tomiki Ikeda Prof. Dr.1

Article first published online: 3 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800760

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 47, Issue 27, pages 4986–4988, June 23, 2008

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How to Cite

Yamada, M., Kondo, M., Mamiya, J.-i., Yu, Y., Kinoshita, M., Barrett, Christopher J. and Ikeda, T. (2008), Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 4986–4988. doi: 10.1002/anie.200800760

Author Information

  1. 1

    Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-11, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 45-924-5275 http://www.res.titech.ac.jp/∼polymer/index-e.html

  2. 2

    Department of Material Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433 (China)

  3. 3

    Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6 (Canada)

  1. †

    We thank Dr. J. Kuroki, Prof. Dr. T. Shinshi and Prof. Dr. A. Shimokohbe for useful advice on rotation systems.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 3 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 15 FEB 2008

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Keywords:

  • actuators;
  • chromophores;
  • elastomers;
  • liquid crystals;
  • photomechanical effect
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Can light drive a motor? Azobenzene-containing liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs) and their composite materials have the potential to show three-dimensional movement by light irradiation. With the LCE laminated films, a first light-driven plastic motor has been developed, which can convert light energy directly into a continuous rotation without the aid of batteries, electric wires, or gears.

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