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Wang W, Sun X, Wu W, Peng H, Yu Y (2012) Photo-induced deformation of crosslinked liquidcrystalline polymer film oriented by highly aligned carbon nanotube sheet. Angew Chem Int Ed
51:4644–4647
Wu W, Yao L, Yang T (2011) NIR-light-induced deformation of cross-linked liquid-crystal polymers using upconversion nanophosphors. J Am Chem Soc 133:15810–15813
Xie S, Natansohn A, Rochon P (1993) Recent developments in aromatic azo polymers research.
Chem Mater 5:403–411
Xie S, Natansohn A, Wang W, Sun X, Wu W (2012) Photoinduced deformation of crosslinked
liquid-crystalline polymer film oriented by a highly aligned carbon nanotube sheet. Angew
Chem Int Ed 124:4722–4725
Xu JW, Liu XM, Lin TT, Huang JC, He CB (2005) Synthesis and self-assembly of difunctional
halogen-bonding molecules: a new family of supramolecular liquid-crystalline polymers. Macromolecules 38:3554–3557
Yamada M, Kondo M, Miyasato R, Ikeda T (2009) Photomobile polymer materials-various threedimensional movements. J Mater Chem 19:60–62
Yang L, Setyowati K, Li A, Gong S, Chen J (2008) Reversible infrared actuation of carbon
nanotubes-liquid crystalline elastomer nanocomposites. Adv Mater 20:2271–2275
Yu HF, Okano K, Shishido A, Ikeda T, Kamata K, Komura M, Iyoda T (2005a) Enhancement of
surface-relief gratings recorded in amphiphilic liquid-crystalline diblock copolymer by nanoscale phase separation. Adv Mater 17:2184–2188
Yu HF, Shishido A, Iyoda T, Ikeda T (2005b) Novel amphiphilic diblock and triblock liquidcrystalline copolymers with well-defined structures prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization. Macromol Rapid Commun 26:1594–1598
Yu HF, Iyoda T, Ikeda T (2006a) Photoinduced alignment of nanocylinders by supramolecular
cooperative motions. J Am Chem Soc 128:11010–11011
Yu HF, Li J, Iyoda T, Ikeda T (2006b) Macroscopic parallel nanocylinder array fabrication using a
simple rubbing technique. Adv Mater 18:2213–2215
Yu HF, Asaoka S, Shishido A, Iyoda T, Ikeda T (2007a) Photoinduced nanoscale cooperative
motion in a well-defined triblock copolymer. Small 3:768–771
Yu HF, Shishido A, Iyoda T, Ikeda T (2007b) Novel wormlike nanostructures self-assembled in a
well defined liquid crystalline diblock copolymer with azobenzene moieties. Macromol Rapid
Commun 28:927–931
Yu HF, Naka Y, Shishido A, Ikeda T (2008a) Well-defined liquid-crystalline diblock copolymers
with an azobenzene moiety: synthesis, photoinduced alignment and their holographic properties. Macromolecules 41:7959–7966
Yu HF, Shishido A, Ikeda T (2008b) Subwavelength modulation of surface relief and refractive
index in pre-irradiated liquid-crystalline polymer films. Appl Phys Lett 92:103117/1-3
Yu HF, Kobayashi T, Ge Z (2009) Precise control of photoinduced birefringence in azobenzenecontaining liquid-crystalline polymers by post functionalization. Macromol Rapid Commun
30:1725–1730
Yu HF, Kobayashi T, Yang H (2011a) Liquid-crystalline ordering helps block copolymer selfassembly. Adv Mater 23:3337–3344
Yu HF, Ikeda T (2011b) Photocontrollable liquid-crystalline actuators. Adv Mater 23:2149–2180
Yu HF, Dong C, Zhou WM, Kobayashi T, Yang H (2011c) Wrinkled liquid-crystalline microparticle-enhanced photoresponse of PDLC-like films by coupling with mechanical stretching.
Small 7:3039–3045
Yu HF, Liu H, Kobayashi T (2011d) Fabrication and photoresponse of supramolecular liquidcrystalline microparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 3:1333–1340
Yu HF (2014a) Recent advances in photoresponsive liquid-crystalline polymers containing
azobenzene chromophores. J Mater Chem C 2:3047–3054
Yu HF (2014b) Photoresponsive liquid–crystalline block copolymers: from photonics to nanotechnology. Prog Polym Sci 39:781–815
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