Light-melt adhesive based on dynamic carbon frameworks in a columnar liquid-crystal phase

Shohei Saito; Shunpei Nobusue; Eri Tsuzaka; Chunxue Yuan; Chigusa Mori; Mitsuo Hara; Takahiro Seki; Cristopher Camacho; Stephan Irle; Shigehiro Yamaguchi

doi:10.1038/ncomms12094

Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Light-melt adhesive based on dynamic carbon frameworks in a columnar liquid-crystal phase

Shohei Saito,
Shunpei Nobusue,
Eri Tsuzaka,
Chunxue Yuan,
Chigusa Mori,
Mitsuo Hara,
Takahiro Seki,
Cristopher Camacho,
Stephan Irle,
Shigehiro Yamaguchi

Affiliations

Shohei Saito: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Shunpei Nobusue: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Eri Tsuzaka: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Chunxue Yuan: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Chigusa Mori: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Mitsuo Hara: Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Takahiro Seki: Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Cristopher Camacho: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Stephan Irle: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Shigehiro Yamaguchi: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12094
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Liquid crystals are used in many applications, such as removable adhesives, but this requires both good bonding strength, and its rapid disappearance under an external stimulus. Here, Saito and others report a dynamic liquid crystal material that loses is bonding strength under photo irradiation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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