Anisotropic bending and unbending behavior of azobenzene liquid-crystalline gels by light exposure

Advanced Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-205

  Ikeda, Tomiki ^a   Nakano, Makoto ^a   Yu, Yanlei ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Kanazawa, Akihiko ^a,b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GELS; IONIC STRENGTH; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPIC BENDING; AZOBENZENE; MOLECULAR LENGTH; PHOTOIRRADIATION; POLYMER GELD;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0037419659     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200390045     Document Type: Article

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