Photoresponsive Polymeric Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2019) | Viewed by 29217
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer chemistry; stimuli responsive polymers; polymeric nanocarriers
Interests: functional polymers; polymers for biomedicine; block copolymers for optical and biomedical applications
Special Issue Information
Functional polymers having a programmed response to light have emerged as promising materials of interest in different applications mainly related with optical technologies or light triggered delivery systems. The design of photoresponsive polymers requires of photosensitive moieties that might go through any modification on their chemical structure by irradiation with proper light. Polymers based on coumarin, ortho-nitrobenzyl, spyropyran or azobenzene derivatives are representative examples of these materials. Initial research was boosted by the envisaged applications on optical storage, although recent applications on actuators for soft robotics or light controlled and triggered drug-delivery of polymeric nanocontainers have attracted attention of polymer and materials research community.
Keywords
- photoresponsive materials
- light-controlled release
- smart surfaces
- optical switches
- photoactuators
- optical recording
- photoalignment
- photonic materials