Highly birefringent liquid-crystalline polymers for photonic applications: Synthesis of liquid-crystalline polymers with side-chain azo-tolane mesogens and their holographic properties

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 3395-3401

  Okano, Kunihiko ^a   Shishido, Atsushi ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^b   Shiono, Takeshi ^c   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

AZOBENZENE; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NEMATIC PHASE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 24944587876     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b506131h     Document Type: Article

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