Switching of structural order in a cross-linked polymer triggered by the desorption/adsorption of guest molecules.
A cross-linked polymer, prepared by the in situ polymerization of a thermotropic columnar liquid crystal, was found to work as a host with a flexible framework, which was reminiscent of intercalation hosts, such as clays, graphites, and coordination polymers. The structural order of the cross-linked polymer was reversibly switched by changing the amount or shape of a guest incorporated in the polymer.
Ishida
Yasuhiro
Y
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-8658, Japan.
Amano
Sayaka
S
Iwahashi
Nobutaka
N
Saigo
Kazuhiko
K