Photo-driven smart polymers and their molecular self-assembly

Abstract

The author would like to express her deepest gratitude to the following people, without whom the completion of this research work and thesis would not be possible. Firstly, I gratefully express my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Professor Hu Xiao, for his great patience, thoughtful guidance and continuous support during my graduate study. In my pursuit of scientific research, he has offered me many invaluable opportunities which have molded not only my research mindset but also my personality. Next, I would like to acknowledge Prof. Jiang Ming and Prof. Yaoping from the