Photocontrol of Polymer Chain Organizations

Seki, T., Fukuda, K., and Ichimura, K. Photocontrol of polymer chain organization using a photochromic monolayer. Langmuir, 15, 5098 (1999). 

This chapter consists of three sections, following this introduction. The first section summarizes the photocontrol of liquid motion by self-assembled adsorbed Az monolayers (Section 15.2). The second section (Section 15.3) introduces controls of molecular organizations of polymer chains triggered by Langrauir-Blodgett-Kuhn (LBK) monolayers of an Az polymer The final section (Section 15.4) describe the motional function of Az layers themselves, the photoinduced deformation of monolayers, and mass migration of Az polymer film systems. The events discussed in these three parts are illustrated in Figure 15.1. 

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