Photoinduced localization of orientationally ordered polymer networks at the surface of a liquid crystal host

Macromolecules

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 9372-9376

  Kang, S W ^a   Sprunt, S ^a   Chien, L C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

DIFFUSION CONSTANTS; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; ELECTROOPTIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOINDUCED LOCALIZATION;

INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS;

EID: 0037016103     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma020578o     Document Type: Article

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