Photoinduced phase transitions in liquid crystalline systems

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 436, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Prasad, S Krishna ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Sandhya, K L ^a   Shankar Rao, D S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Fast dynamics; Optical storage; Phase transitions; Photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

ISOMERIZATION; ISOTHERMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AZOBENZENE; FAST DYNAMICS; OPTICAL STORAGE; PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644762926     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400590954524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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