Role of E/Z photoisomerization of cinnamate side chains attached to polymer backbones in the alignment photoregulation of nematic liquid crystals

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8 PART A, 1996, Pages

  Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a   Akita, Yasuhiro ^a   Akiyama, Haruhisa ^a   Hayashi, Yuko ^a   Kudo, Kazuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cinnamate; Dichroism; Liquid crystal; Photoalignment; Photodimerization; Photoisomerization; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

ALIGNMENT PHOTOREGULATION; CINNAMATE SIDE CHAINS; DICHROISM; PHOTOALIGNMENT; PHOTODIMERIZATION; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; POLYMER BACKBONES;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 0030212889     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.35.l992     Document Type: Article

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