title: Photocontrolled translational motion of a microscale solid object on azobenzene-doped liquid-crystalline films.
abstract: On the move: Irradiation of azobenzene-doped liquid crystalline films with UV/Vis light results in the photocontrolled translational motion of microscale solid object on the surface, which occurs through cis-trans isomerization of the azobenzene unit. Irradiation with an Ar(+) laser (488 nm) resulted in precise control of the translational motion so that the particle always moved away from the irradiation position (see picture).
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Abu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kausar
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Takamasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurihara