Synthesis, characterization and photoinduction of optical anisotropy in liquid crystalline diblock azo-copolymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1899-1910

  Forcen P ^a   Oriol, L ^a   Sanchez C ^a   Alcala R ^a   Hvilsted, S ^b   Jankova, K ^b   Loos, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); Azo polymers; Block copolymers; Liquid crystalline polymers (LCP); Photoinduced anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; POLYMER FILMS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZO HOMOPOLYMERS; AZO POLYMERS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; PHOTOINDUCED ANISOTROPY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34249105160     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.21954     Document Type: Article

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