Bicolor surface reliefs in azobenzene side-chain polymers

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1776-1778

  Jäger, Claus ^a   Zilker, Stephan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHTING;

SURFACE RELIEFS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0038502283     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001776     Document Type: Article

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