Azo Polymers Synthesis, Functions and Applications /

• Main Author: Wang, Xiaogong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Soft and Biological Matter,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

This book explores functional polymers containing aromatic azo chromophores in side-chain, main-chain and other parts of their structures, known as azo polymers and which share common photoresponsive properties. It focuses on the molecular architecture of azo polymers, the synthetic methods and thei...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Trans-Cis Isomerization
• Azo Polymer Syntheses
• Photoinduced Orientation and Anisotropy
• Photoinduced Mass Transport
• Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Elastomers.