Photo-responsive systems and biomaterials: photochromic polymers, light-triggered self-assembly, surface modification, fluorescence modulation and beyond

Francesca Ercole; Thomas P. Davis; Richard A. Evans

doi:10.1039/B9PY00300B

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Photo-responsive systems and biomaterials: photochromic polymers, light-triggered self-assembly, surface modification, fluorescence modulation and beyond

Francesca Ercole,^a^b^c Thomas P. Davis^a and Richard A. Evans*^a^b^c

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Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
E-mail: Richard.Evans@csiro.au

CSIRO Molecular & Health Technologies, Bag 10, Clayton, Australia

The Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers, 8 Redwood Drive, Notting Hill, Australia

Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 37-54

DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00300B
Received 15 Oct 2009, Accepted 03 Nov 2009
First published online 25 Nov 2009

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There has been considerable interest in the application of photochromism to photo-responsive systems which has led to the development of new tailored smart materials for photonics and biomedical fields. Within a polymeric matrix photochromic isomerizations can be stimulated by light to reversibly alter the physical and chemical properties of a material such as LC phase, shape, surface wettability, permeability, solubility, self-assembly, size and fluorescence. The underlying principles behind photo-responsive behavior, subsequent applications and relevant examples are discussed in this review.

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