Azobenzene Based Photo-responsive Mechanical Actuator Fabricated by Intermolecular H-bond Interaction

Chun-Yan Yu; Jia-Hui Mu; Yun-Lei Fu; Yun-Chao Zhang; Ji-Shu Han; Rui-Yang Zhao; Jia Zhao; Zi-Hao Wang; Zhong-Cheng Zhao; Wei-Jun Li; Fu-Sheng Liu

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Azobenzene Based Photo-responsive Mechanical Actuator Fabricated by Intermolecular H-bond Interaction

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- Azobenzene Based Photo-responsive Mechanical Actuator Fabricated by Intermolecular H-bond Interaction
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages: 417-424(2021)
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  a.State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
  b.Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
  c.State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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  jishu_han@163.com (J.S.H.)
  zhaoruiyang1985@163.com (R.Y.Z.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2504-4
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Chun-Yan Yu, Jia-Hui Mu, Yun-Lei Fu, et al. Azobenzene Based Photo-responsive Mechanical Actuator Fabricated by Intermolecular H-bond Interaction. [J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 39(4):417-424(2021)
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Chun-Yan Yu, Jia-Hui Mu, Yun-Lei Fu, et al. Azobenzene Based Photo-responsive Mechanical Actuator Fabricated by Intermolecular H-bond Interaction. [J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science 39(4):417-424(2021) DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2504-4.

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Photo-responsive mechanical actuator is a class of stimuli-responsive materials transferring light to mechanical energy through macroscopic transformation. To fabricate photo-responsive mechanical actuator, soft polymeric materials crosslinked with functional bridging structures are desired. Supramolecular interaction is a relatively common way to fabricate crosslinked materials due to its excellent self-assembly performance. And azobenzene and derivatives are ideal candidates of photo-responsive materials because of the unique photo-induced ,trans-cis, isomerization. Here, a new kind of crosslinked materials based on supramolecular interaction between 4,4,',-dihydroxyazobenzene and chitosan is reported. Under 355 nm irradiation, the macroscopic bending of polymeric materials occurs rapidly due to the photo-isomerization of 4,4,',-dihydroxyazobenzene. Meanwhile, the photo-responsive mechanical actuator can also lift weight which is up to 200 times that of the actuator itself, and convert energy from light to mechanical work efficiently. This report suggests a new kind of photo-responsive actuator based on supramolecular interaction and may be helpful to contribute a theoretical basis to the design and synthesis of photo-responsive mechanical actuator suitable for large-scale manufacturing industrialization in future.

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Photo-responseSupramolecular interactionMechanical actuatorAzobenzeneEnergy conversion

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