Study of optical switching and reorientation in liquid crystals of homologous series of 4-n-butyl-4'-n-alkoxyazobenzenes

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 320, Issue , 1998, Pages 433-444

  Grozhik, Vladimir ^a   Gleeson, Helen ^b   Serak, Svetlana ^c   Watson, Samanta ^b   Agashkov, Alexander ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Azobenzenes; Laser; Liquid crystals; Phase transition; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644687011     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808024413     Document Type: Article

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