Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2‐39‐1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860‐8555 (Japan), Fax: (+81)?96‐342‐3679 http://chemix.chem.kumamoto‐u.ac.jp/～ogata/Emain.html
Abstract:
On the move : Irradiation of azobenzene‐doped liquid crystalline films with UV/Vis light results in the photocontrolled translational motion of microscale solid object on the surface, which occurs through cis–trans isomerization of the azobenzene unit. Irradiation with an Ar+ laser (488 nm) resulted in precise control of the translational motion so that the particle always moved away from the irradiation position (see picture).
