Fast photoinduced large deformation of colloidal spheres from a novel 4-arm azobenzene compound

J Wang, S Wang, Y Zhou, X Wang…

Index: He, Yaning; Zhu, Yan; Chen, Zhen; He, Wei; Wang, Xiaogong Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 49 p. 5556 - 5558

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Abstract

A novel 4-arm shaped amphiphilic azobenzene compound was synthesized. The tetraphenylethylene (TPE) core precursor was prepared and further modified by azo coupling reaction at the four peripheral groups. Colloidal spheres could be directly prepared