- Getting as near as possible to the action is often the key to expanding our scientific understanding.
- Recently, Japanese researchers have studied the behavior of azo-polymer films at the nanoscale when they are stimulated by laser light.
- In an investigation that was published in Nano Letters last month, Osaka University researchers utilized an optical microscope
- with tip-scan high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) to produce movies that showed how the polymer films evolved.
- Azo-polymers are materials that change when exposed to light since they are photoactive materials.
- In particular, light modifies their chemical composition, changing the films' surface.
- This makes them intriguing for uses like light-triggered motion and optical data storage.
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