Light-responsive azo-containing organogels
- Ayer, Mathieu A. Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
- Schrettl , Stephen Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
- Balog, Sandor Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
- Simon, Yoan C. School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi
- Weder, Christoph Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
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2017
Published in:
- Soft Matter. - 2017, vol. 13, no. 22, p. 4017-4023
English
While azo compounds are widely employed as radical initiators, they have rarely been used as stimuli-responsive motifs in macromolecular constructs. In this study, an azo-based cross-linker was prepared and reacted with poly(vinyl alcohol) to afford a series of stimuli-responsive organogels. Irradiation of these materials with UV light causes de-cross-linking and triggers a solid-to-liquid phase transition. Model adhesives with de-bonding-on-demand capability based on this design were explored.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- AMI - Chimie des polymères et matériaux
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Chemistry
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 289068
- DOI 10.1039/C7SM00601B
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/305714
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