Chemical Communications · 2022 · 16 citations · 56 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceNanomaterialsPolymer ChemistryPolymer MaterialsLiquid CrystalsPolymer MorphologyPolymeric NanomaterialsPolymerization ChemistryPolymerization ProcessesSelf-assembly Of NanomaterialsDispersion PolymerizationFunctional NanomaterialsLiquid Crystalline OrderLiquid Crystalline PolymersMorphological TransformationPolymerization-induced Self-assemblySmectic Liquid CrystalsUltraviolet Irradiation
during the polymerization. The morphological transformation from toroids to barrels is observed under ultraviolet irradiation due to the photo-isomerization of the azobenzene mesogens. This strategy expands the scope of tunable anisotropic morphologies for potential functional nanomaterials based on a LC copolymer by seeded dispersion polymerization.
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Emerging Trends in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
Nicholas J. W. Penfold, Jonathan Yeow, Cyrille Boyer et al. · ACS Macro Letters · 2019 · 629 citations · Full text
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