Photoinduced alignment of polymer liquid crystals containing azobenzene moieties in the side chain. 1. Effect of light intensity on alignment behavior

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Wu, Yiliang ^a   Demachi, Yasuyuki ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Kanazawa, Akihiko ^a   Shiono, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCHROMISM; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0031695718     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970943p     Document Type: Article

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