Photo- and Thermoinduced Sol-Gel Transitions in Blends of Azobenzene Copolymers and Pluronic Surfactants

Novel self-assembling copolymers of 4-Methacryloyloxyazobenzene and NN-dimethylacrylamide (MOAB-DMA) exhibiting a pronounced photoviscosity effects in water are described. An optimum polymer architecture corresponding to maximum contents of the azobenzene moieties that allowed for the aqueous solubi...

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Main Authors: Deshmukh, Smeet, Bromberg, Lev, Hatton, T. Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30390