Abstract
Crosslinked liquid crystal polymers (CLCPs) have recently attracted much attention because they exhibit unique properties in stimuli responsiveness. We have recently focused on the photoinduced deformation behavior of CLCP containing N-benzylideneaniline (NBA) as a photoresponsive moiety. We prepared two types uniaxially aligned NBA-containing crosslinked liquid crystalline polymer film, homogeneous and homeotropic, and evaluated its photomechanical properties. The initial alignment of photoactive mesogens significantly affects the bending behavior of the CLCP films: the homogeneous films bent toward the irradiation direction of the actinic UV light, while the homeotropic films bent away from the light source.
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