Photoresponsive polymer
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsKouji SUGAMA, Yukiko NAKAI, Haruo HORIGUCHI, Kazuaki NAKAMURA, Toyoko SHIBATA
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a photoresponsive polymer that sufficiently secures photoresponsiveness to be fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, improves fixability, and further has good color reproducibility. Provided is a photoresponsive polymer containing a structural unit derived from a specific azomethine derivative, the photoresponsive polymer being fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized.
Claims27
A photoresponsive polymer comprising a structural unit derived from an azomethine derivative represented by the following general formula (1), the photoresponsive polymer being fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized:
- [Chemical 1]
- R1—Z1═Z2—R2 General formula (1)
- wherein Z1 and Z2 are N or CH, while Z1≠Z2,
- R1 contains an aromatic hydrocarbon structure,
- R2 contains an aromatic heterocyclic structure, and
- a hydrogen atom is bonded to at least one carbon atom bonded adjacent to a carbon atom in the aromatic heterocyclic structure bonded to the Z2.
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