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Polysiloxane Side-Chain Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers for Photo-Active Artificial

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Liquid crystals (LCs) are unique materials with amazing properties and uses. Since their
discovery in 1889 by F. Reinitzer1, they have experienced an explosive growth because of
their successful application in a wide variety of areas such as information displays2,
cosmetics and health care3, thermography4-5, artificial muscle-like actuators6-7 and
enantioselective synthesis8, among others. Thus, liquid crystals play an important role in
modern technology and they are present in the most common devices used in our daily live.
Research into this field is growing day by day and new promising applications for such
materials are discovered and developed continuously...

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cc by (c) Garcia Amorós, Jaume et al., 2012

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Química Inorgànica i Orgànica)

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Polysiloxane Side-Chain Azobenzene-Containing Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers for Photo-Active Artificial