Bistable and photoswitchable states of matter

Autor: Brady T. Worrell, Matthew K. McBride, Gayla B. Lyon, Lewis M. Cox, Chen Wang, Sudheendran Mavila, Chern-Hooi Lim, Hannah M. Coley, Charles B. Musgrave, Yifu Ding, Christopher N. Bowman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05300-7
Popis: Polymers cross-linked with dynamic bonds can switch the phase from solid to fluid upon stimulus but return quickly to the solid state once the stimulus is removed. Here the authors report a light triggered permanent solid to fluid transition at room temperature with inherent spatiotemporal control in either direction
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