Photocontrolled translational motion of a microscale solid object on azobenzene-doped liquid-crystalline films.
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).
Kausar
Abu
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Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
Nagano
Hiroto
H
Ogata
Tomonari
T
Nonaka
Takamasa
T
Kurihara
Seiji
S