Issue 1, 2017

Photo-responsive polymers: synthesis and applications

Abstract

In this review, we highlight the progress realized in recent years on light-responsive polymers. More precisely, we provide some guidelines towards the rational design of photo-responsive block copolymers and we present the different photo-responsive moieties that have been used so far. We also discuss the different types of irreversible and reversible responses encountered by photo-responsive polymers. Finally, we discuss the application of light responsive polymers in material science.

Graphical abstract: Photo-responsive polymers: synthesis and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
21 6 2016
Accepted
11 8 2016
First published
15 8 2016

Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 52-73

Photo-responsive polymers: synthesis and applications

O. Bertrand and J. Gohy, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 52 DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01082B

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