Reversible photoinduced modifications of polymers doped with photochromes : Anisotropy, photo-assisted poling and surface gratings

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

Volumn 314, Issue , 1998, Pages 313-324

  Atassi, Yomen ^a   Chauvin, Jerome ^a   Delaire, Jacques ^a   Delouis, Jean Francois ^a   Fanton Maltey, Isabelle ^a   Nakatani, Keitaro ^a  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Birefringence; Diarylethenes; Fulgides; Photoassisted poling; Photochromes; Photoswitching of NLO properties; Spiropyrans; Surface gratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645720840     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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