Photomechanics of light-activated polymers

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A Brief Review of Stimulus-active Polymers Responsive to Thermal, Light, Magnetic, Electric, and Water/Solvent Stimuli (2010, background): “Long et al. (2009) proposed a photomechanics model of above prepared light-activated polymer by integrating four coupled phenomena, that is, photophysics, photochemistry, chemomechanical coupling, and mechanical deformation.”
Stimulus methods of multi-functional shape memory polymer nanocomposites: A review (2017, background): “There are mainly two mechanisms in light induced SMPs, photochemical reactions leading to deformation [90] and employment of particles that can convert light to heat.”
Using the dynamic bond to access macroscopically responsive structurally dynamic polymers. (2011, background): “This type of stress relaxation has also been applied in the selective irradiation of materials that introduce stress gradients to produce shape-changing actuatio”
Origami-inspired active structures: a synthesis and review (2014, background): “Further information about optically induced deformation in polymer films can be found elsewhere [166, 167].”