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Reversible photochromic polynorbornenes bearing spiropyran side groups for layer-by-layer coatings

Florea, Larisa orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4704-2393, Moloney, Cara, Nixon, David, Moulton, Simon E., Wallace, Gordon orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0381-7273, Benito-Lopez, Fernando orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0699-5507 and Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2015) Reversible photochromic polynorbornenes bearing spiropyran side groups for layer-by-layer coatings. In: CIMTEC 2014 – 6th Forum on New Materials, 15-20 June 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy.

Abstract
A great number of stimuli-responsive materials have been reported in the recent years and they find applicability in fields ranging from optoelectronics, surface coatings, photonics and biomedicine. A particular attractive class of stimuli-responsive materials is comprised by photo-responsive materials as light is an environment-friendly stimulus and can be applied remotely, in a non-invasive manner. Photo-responsive materials have been the subject of many investigations over the past decade due to their potential applications, particularly in the design and development of memory devices, artificial muscles, soft-actuators and drug delivery, among others[1]. In the field of photo-responsive polymers, the layer-by-layer (LbL) approach offers a simple and effective method to fabricate uniform thin films capable of photo-modulation. In this context, we are focusing our investigations on the synthesis of LbL coatings based on new photochromic norbornenes polymers bearing spiropyran side groups. We have shown that these LbL coatings are capable of disassembling upon photostimulation. When used for the coating of microcapsules, these polymers have the ability to be used for photo-controlled drug delivery. [1] L. Florea, D. Diamond, F. Benito-Lopez, Macromol. Mater. Eng. 2012, 297, 1148.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:No
Uncontrolled Keywords:Spiropyran; Photochromism; ROMP
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Photochemistry
Physical Sciences > Organic chemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Research Initiatives and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Insight SFI award
ID Code:20003
Deposited On:24 Jun 2014 13:44 by Larisa Florea . Last Modified 30 Jan 2019 11:27
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