Precisely direction-controllable bending of cross-linked liquid-crystalline polymer films by light

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 436, Issue , 2005, Pages 281/[1235]-290/[1244]

  Yu, Yanlei ^a,b   Nakano, Makoto ^a   Maeda, Taketo ^a   Kondo, Mizuho ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Bending; Cross linking; Liquid crystal; Photomechanical effect

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CROSSLINKING; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION;

AZOBENZENE; MONODOMAIN FILMS; PHOTOIRRADIATION; PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECT;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 33644760368     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400590957215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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