Photoinduced Reversible Solid-to-Liquid Transitions and Directional Photofluidization of Azobenzene-containing Polymers
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Qi-Jin Zhang, E-mail: zqjm@ustc.edu.cn
Si Wu, E-mail: siwu@ustc.edu.cn
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