<i>In situ</i> generation and evolution of polymer toroids by liquid crystallization-assisted seeded dispersion polymerization
Mingxin Zheng, Qiquan Ye, Xi Chen, Min Zeng, Guangjie Song, Jun Zhang, Jinying Yuan
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePolymerizationAzobenzeneDispersion polymerizationCopolymerDispersion (optics)PolymerChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryComposite materialOpticsPhysicsEngineeringAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolymer Surface Interaction Studies