Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · 185 citations · 18 references
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An enlightening answer: Dynamic surface photo-responsive topologies of a polymer coating were realized by introducing azobenzene crosslinkers into liquid-crystal polymer networks (see picture). The principle of these coatings is based on breaking the molecular order in the liquid-crystal polymer networks. Under irradiation of UV light the azobenzene compound isomerizes from the trans to the cis conformation.
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A New Opto-Mechanical Effect in Solids
Heino Finkelmann, Etsushi Nishikawa, Gerald G. Pereira et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2001 · 1.1K citations
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