How does the initial alignment of mesogens affect the photoinduced bending behavior of liquid-crystalline elastomers?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1378-1382

  Kondo, Mizuho ^a   Yu, Yanlei ^b   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alignment; Azobenzene derivatives; Elastomers; Liquid crystals; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; HOMEOTROPIC (NORMAL) ALIGNMENT; LCE FILM; MESOGENS;

ALIGNMENT; DERIVATIVES; ELASTOMERS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

ELASTOMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELASTOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33746214662     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503684     Document Type: Article

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