• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.282-291
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• 2012

Control of shape/volume, mechanical, optical, electrical, and chemical switching of materials by external stimuli such as light, temperature, pH, electric field, and pressure has attracted great attention. Among these materials, photo-responsive materials containing photochromic compounds such as azobenzene, spiropyran, and cinnamic acid groups have been the subject of intense interest in recent years. In this review, we describe the recent progress in the area of azobenzene containing polymer materials that can convert light energy into mechanical energy directly. Especially we focus our attention on light-driven actuators such as artificial muscle, motor, and valve. We summarize the photomechanical effects in liquid crystal elastomer, amorphous polymer, monolayer, and supramolecules containing azobenzene, respectively.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.199-204
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• 2014

To prepare acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), quaternary copolymer syrups were photopolymerized from 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate as default constituents and isobornyl acrylate and tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate (THFA) as variable constituents. After polymerization, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate and photoinitiator were added and then crosslinked by UV-irradiation to prepare the PSAs. The characteristics of the syrup such as viscosity, molecular weight, and solid content were investigated. As increasing THFA contents, the relationship between molecular weight and solid content of the syrup was reciprocal. Also, the relationship between peel strength and surface energy of the PSAs showed the same tendency. All the PSA samples showed high transmittance (more than 92%), low haze (less than 1.0%) and low color-difference (less than 1.0).

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.7-8
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• 2006

Interest in "nanotechnology" has triggered the question whether new materials can be obtained blending nanosized particles with polymers. This contribution considers modification of polymer properties by nanoscale particles, stabilization of polymer properties by nanoscale particles, stabilization of nanoscale particles against Ostwald-ripening and agglomeration, synthesis of nanoscale particles assisted by polymers and effects of such particles on polymerization mechanisms.

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.124-131
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• 1994

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.151-158
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• 2013

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.374-380
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• 2013

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.313-322
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• 2015

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.478-485
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• 2005

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.142-152
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.162-162
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• 2008