Photoinduced changes of surface order in coumarin side-chain polymer films used for liquid crystal photoalignment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Bergmann, G ^a   Jackson, P O ^a   Hogg, J H C ^a   Stirner, T ^a   O'Neill, M ^a   Duffy, W L ^a   Kelly, S M ^a   Clark, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE VOLUME; SIDE-CHAIN ALIGNMENT; UV IRRADIATION; X-RAY REFLECTIVITY;

CROSSLINKING; IRRADIATION; OSCILLATIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23944447626     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2009070     Document Type: Article

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