Effect of heat and film thickness on a photoinduced phase transition in azobenzene liquid crystalline polyesters

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4454-4460

  Sanchez C ^a   Alcala R ^a   Hvilsted, S ^b   Ramanujam, P S ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; THICK FILMS;

PHOTOINDUCTION;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0038341912     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1560852     Document Type: Article

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