Issue 22, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Photo-patterning of honeycomb films prepared from amphiphilic copolymer containing photochromic spiropyran

Miki Kojima,a   Takayuki Nakanishi,a   Yuji Hirai,a   Hiroshi Yabu*ab  and  Masatsugu Shimomura*acd  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
E-mail: yabu@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
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b Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan

c WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan

d Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan

Abstract

Honeycomb films were prepared by using a photo-responsive amphiphilic copolymer containing photochromic spiropyran. Through the photo-responsivity of spiropyran, the molecular polarities provide solubility changes against chloroform vapor after UV irradiation. The merocyanine area formed with UV irradiation retained its honeycomb-pattern against chloroform vapor, though the spiropyran area without UV irradiation dissolved.

Graphical abstract: Photo-patterning of honeycomb films prepared from amphiphilic copolymer containing photochromic spiropyran

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00350F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Mar 2010
Accepted
08 Apr 2010
First published
28 Apr 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 3970-3972

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Photo-patterning of honeycomb films prepared from amphiphilic copolymer containing photochromic spiropyran

M. Kojima, T. Nakanishi, Y. Hirai, H. Yabu and M. Shimomura, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 3970 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00350F

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