Time-resolved study on unconventional fluorescence of an azobenzene liquid crystal and its phase transition

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 314, Issue , 1998, Pages 83-88

  Azuma, Jun ^a   Shishido, Atsushi ^b   Ikeda, Tomiki ^b   Tamai, Naoto ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Fluorescence; Liquid crystal; Phase transition; Single photon timing

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BENZENE; FLUORESCENCE; MONOMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOBENZENE; PHOTON TIMING SPECTROSCOPY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032056856     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808042460     Document Type: Article

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