{"title":"Stimuli-responsive smart polymers based on functional dyes","authors":"Keiichi Imato, Yousuke Ooyama","doi":"10.1038/s41428-024-00951-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Functional dyes exhibit intriguing properties in response to external stimuli related to their optical, electronic, structural, and energetic characteristics and enable unique stimuli-responsive functions in materials by collaborating with polymers, particularly when chemically incorporated into the polymer structures. As well as the structures and properties of functional dyes, polymers, assemblies, and materials, the interactions between these components are important to the functions of materials. In this review, we introduce our recent studies conducted in the past half decade on stimuli-responsive smart polymers and polymeric materials based on functional dyes that are chemically incorporated into the polymer structures, with a special focus on light, force, electric fields, and chemicals including water in a variety of external stimuli. For example, these polymers and materials offer switchable adhesion, mechanical actuation, and chemical sensing.</p>","PeriodicalId":20302,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polymer Journal","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-024-00951-4","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"POLYMER SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Functional dyes exhibit intriguing properties in response to external stimuli related to their optical, electronic, structural, and energetic characteristics and enable unique stimuli-responsive functions in materials by collaborating with polymers, particularly when chemically incorporated into the polymer structures. As well as the structures and properties of functional dyes, polymers, assemblies, and materials, the interactions between these components are important to the functions of materials. In this review, we introduce our recent studies conducted in the past half decade on stimuli-responsive smart polymers and polymeric materials based on functional dyes that are chemically incorporated into the polymer structures, with a special focus on light, force, electric fields, and chemicals including water in a variety of external stimuli. For example, these polymers and materials offer switchable adhesion, mechanical actuation, and chemical sensing.
期刊介绍:
Polymer Journal promotes research from all aspects of polymer science from anywhere in the world and aims to provide an integrated platform for scientific communication that assists the advancement of polymer science and related fields. The journal publishes Original Articles, Notes, Short Communications and Reviews.
Subject areas and topics of particular interest within the journal''s scope include, but are not limited to, those listed below:
Polymer synthesis and reactions
Polymer structures
Physical properties of polymers
Polymer surface and interfaces
Functional polymers
Supramolecular polymers
Self-assembled materials
Biopolymers and bio-related polymer materials
Polymer engineering.