Research domains | Supramolecular Chemistry | Molecular Modeling | Living Radical Polymerization | Bioacoustic | Scientific Achievements

1. Liquid Crystals (click for details)

Among synthetic materials, Liquid Crystals (LC) present great interest due to their unique state of matter, the mesophase, that combines two fundamental properties: order and mobility. The first results of the group have been obtained as early as 1990 and they concerned the synthesis of LC polymers with azobenzene units, as mesogenic groups, in the main chain. Polyethers and polyesters having different architectures and therefore various flexibilities were synthesised by phase transfer catalysis (PTC).



2. Nanostructurated azopolymers (click for details)

Recently the photo-isomerization capacity of the azobenzene groups was further explored from the point of view of the synthesis of "intelligent" materials capable of responding to external stimuli (in our particular case visible light).

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