Photoinduced deformation of amorphous polyimide enabled by an improved azobenzene isomerization efficiency
Xuejie Sun, Jia Wei, Yanlei Yu
Abstract
A newly designed azo-PI, without pre-stretching or polarized-light irradiation, exhibits reversible bending behaviors under alternate UV and visible light irradiation, providing a facile route to deformable 2D/3D structure actuators.
Topics & Concepts
AzobenzeneIsomerizationPolyimideIrradiationMaterials sciencePhotoisomerizationBendingPhotochemistryDeformation (meteorology)ActuatorAmorphous solidVisible spectrumPolymer chemistryOptoelectronicsPolymerComposite materialChemistryCrystallographyOrganic chemistryCatalysisPhysicsComputer scienceLayer (electronics)Nuclear physicsArtificial intelligenceAdvanced Materials and MechanicsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsSynthesis and properties of polymers