Fast Photoinduced Large Deformation of Colloidal Spheres from a Novel 4-arm Azobenzene Compound

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• 作者：Jilei Wang ; Shihang Wang ; Yuqi Zhou ; Xiaogong Wang ; Yaning He
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：August 5, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：30
• 页码：16889-16895
• 全文大小：423K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

A novel 4-arm shaped amphiphilic azobenzene compound was synthesized. The tetraphenylethylene (TPE) core precursor was prepared and further modified by azo coupling reaction at the four peripheral groups. Colloidal spheres could be directly prepared by self-assembly of the prepared amphiphilic azobenzene compound in selective solvents (THF/H₂O), which were characterized by using transmission electron microscopy. The colloid diameters could be controlled by adjusting the initial compound concentration and water-adding rate in the preparation processes. By irradiation with visible linearly polarized LED light (450 nm), fast photoinduced deformation of the colloidal spheres along the polarization direction was observed. A very large deformation degree (l/d > 4) could be easily obtained.