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Pure Appl. Chem., 2004, Vol. 76, No. 7-8, pp. 1467-1477

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200476071467

Photoinduced bending and unbending behavior of liquid-crystalline gels and elastomers

Yanlei Yu, M. Nakano and T. Ikeda

Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-11, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan; Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China

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