Photocontrollable liquid-crystalline block copolymers: design, photo-directed self-assembly and applications
Feng Cai, Bowen Yang, Mingming Yu, Songshan Zeng, Haifeng Yu
Abstract
Recent progress in various photocontrollable liquid-crystalline block copolymers, including their photoresponsive mechanisms, alignment techniques of microphase-separated nanodomains, outstanding properties and applications is shown.
Topics & Concepts
CopolymerMaterials scienceLiquid crystallineBlock (permutation group theory)Self-assemblyNanotechnologyLiquid crystalPolymer scienceChemical engineeringPolymerOptoelectronicsComposite materialMathematicsGeometryEngineeringBlock Copolymer Self-AssemblyLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization