financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51803115 and 21636006);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.GK201901001,2021CSLY008,2021CSZL003 and GK202103032);the Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi(No.2020TD-024)。
Developing hydroscopic actuators with simultaneous high elasticity,shape programmability and tunable actuating behaviors are highly desired but still challenging.In this study,we propose an orthogonal composite design...
The financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21774090 and 22071167);a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions were gratefully acknowledged.
We demonstrate here a novel method for the design of liquid crystals(LCs)via the cyclization of mesogens by flexible chains.For two azobenzene-4,4′-dicarboxylate derivatives,the cyclic dimer,cyclic bis(tetraethylene ...
financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.92056111 and 21971180);Nature Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education(No.19KJA360006);Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(No.KYCX202655);the Priority Academic Program Development(PAPD)of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions supported this work。
Polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly(PICSA)is an efficient strategy that not only allows the construction of the supramolecular chiral assemblies in a controlled manner but also can regulate the morphology in s...
by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21971180 and 92056111);Natural Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education(No.19KJA360006);Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Provinee(No.KYCX20_2655);College Students'Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program(No.201910285021Z);the Priority Academic Program Development(PAPD)of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and the Program of Innovative Research Team of Soochow University.Prof.W.Zhang thanks Mr.J.Z.Wang in University of Waterloo for English editing.
In this contribution,we utilized surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization(SI-ATRP)to prepare organicinorganic hybrid core/shell silila nanoparticles(NPs),where silia particles acted as cores and polymeri...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51973204);the Thousand Talents Plan and Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.1908085MB38).
Photoinduced reversible liquefaction and solidification of polymers enable processing and healing of polymers with light.Some azobenzene-containing polymers(azopolymers)exhibit two types of photoinduced liquefaction p...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51703112,51673106);Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Nos.ZR2017BEM040,ZR2016BQ28);Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices(No.2017-skllmd-10,South China University of Technology);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2017M622152).
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 polymer...
In this study,novel electrochromic copolymers of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene(EDOT)and(E)-1,2-bis(2-fluoro-4-(4-hexylthiophen-2-yl)phenyl)diazene(M1)with different monomer feed ratios were designed and synthesized elect...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21574070 and 21774063);Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. 16JCZDJC36800)
The synthesis of a new azobenzene(azo)-containing main-chain crystalline polymer with reactive secondary amino groups in its backbone and photodeformation behaviors of its supramolecular hydrogen-bonded fibers are des...
financially supported by the Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (No. 201607010348)
In this study,a novel waterborne polyurethane(WPU)with azobenzene-containing(azo-containing)pendant groups was synthesized by isophorone diisocyanate,long-chain diol of polycaprolactone,2-ethyl-2-methyl-butanoic acid(...
financially supported by the French Embassy in China(Beijing) to Wei Deng(Bourse doctorale en altemance 2004-2007)
A series of azobenzene containing side-on liquid crystalline ABA triblock copolymers were investigated. This triblock series possesses the same central liquid crystal block B and various lengths of the amorphous block...