Polymer film with optically controlled form and actuation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7442-7448

  Tabiryan, Nelson ^a   Serak, Svetlana ^a   Dai, Xiao Man ^a   Bunning, Timothy ^b  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; LASER BEAMS; POLYMERS;

AZOBENZENE; MOITIES; PHOTOINDUCED BENDS; PHOTOINDUCED CONTRACTION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 25144478550     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007442     Document Type: Article

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