Photocontrol of smectic spacing

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

Volumn 320, Issue , 1998, Pages 77-88

  Folks, W R ^a   Keast, S ^a   Krentzel, T A ^a   Zalar, B ^a   Zeng, H ^a   Reznikov, Yu A ^a   Neubert, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Finotello, D ^a   Lavrentovich, O D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoisomerization; Smeclic phases; Trans cis isomerization; Undulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644694010     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259808024385     Document Type: Article

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