The classical "chair-twist boat-boat" conformational dynamics (CD) of cyclohexane is thermally activated. Here we report on the photoinduced/azobenzene-assisted CD of bilaterally fused cyclohexane moieties contributing to large photomechanical response of cross-linked azobenzene-functionalized polyimides (X-azoPI), based on 1,2,4,5-cyclohexane-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (CHDA), exhibiting a photobending angle and photogenerated stress, up to ∼90° and 370 kPa, respectively. In contrast, X-azoPI containing planar pyromellitimide (PMDI) or cage-like bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic-diimide (BCDI) show smaller photomechanical responses. The superior photomechanical performance of X-azoPI with constrained cyclohexane-diimide (CHDI) units is attributed to an increased mobility of segments comprising "hinged" p-phenylene rings, azobenzene, and CHDI units in the cross-link sites. Blue light irradiation initiates the motions driven by photoisomerization/reorientation of azobenzenes connected to CHDI units, whose CD is then amplified, leading to longer-range segmental mobility, more local free volume, and culminating in large photoinduced bending. The trapping of redistributed CHDI's stereoisomers in X-azoPI backbone at is implicated for the observed photothermal memory.
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