AZO POLYMER COLLOIDAL SPHERES FORMATION, TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY, AND PHOTORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES

AZO POLYMER COLLOIDAL SPHERES FORMATION, TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY, AND PHOTORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES 

Smart Light Responsive Materials. Edited by Yue Zhao and Tomiki Ikeda Copyright 2009 John Wiley Sons, Ine. 

The latter can result in a variety of expected and unexpected isomerization behaviors. The problems such as the stable conformation, PESs of the excited states, and isomerization mechanism of the azo compounds are still being explored as active research frontiers. Some puzzling problems as debatable issues still remain in subjects even after persistent study for years. Interested readers can find more comprehensive reports on these issues in some recent publications (see, e.g., Diau, 2004 Satzger et al., 2004). 

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