Preparation and characterization of azobenzene liquid-crystalline elastomer films with homeotropic alignment

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 441, Issue , 2005, Pages 297-305

  Kondo, Mizuho ^a   Maeda, Taketo ^a   Shishido, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a   Yu, Yanlei ^b   Nakano, Makoto ^c   Shiono, Takeshi ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homeotropic; Liquid crystalline elastomer; Photopolymerization

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTOMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONOMERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOMEOTROPIC; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMER; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SMECTIC A PHASE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 33644787378     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400500205787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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