Light-Triggered Molecular Level Self-Healing Spiropyran Thin Film

Autor: Hongzhi Zheng, Juehuan Liu, Sean Xiao-An Zhang, Bingjie Yang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 31:1483-1487
ISSN: 1001-604X
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201300639
Popis: Spiropyran thin film with capability of light-triggered molecular level self-healing has been successfully designed and fabricated by Langmuir-Blodgett technology. Various remarkable properties of thin film shrinkage or height increase or self-healing nano-defect recovery under different fabrication conditions have been observed. In addition, further evidence of the self-healing, which resulted from the movement of spiropyran molecules (such as "standing" "lie-down" and "tip-toes" etc.) on the substrate, has also been observed from the reversible contact angle change of the thin film.
Databáze: OpenAIRE