Photoinduced optical anisotropy in new polymers containing azobenzene side groups

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-310

  Sava, Ion ^a   Bruma, Maria ^a   Köpnick, Thomas ^b   Sapich, Beate ^b   Wagner, Jürgen ^b   Schulz, Burkhard ^c   Stumpe, Joachim ^d  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b Institute of Thin Film Technology and Microsensorics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoorientation; Polyamides; Polyimides

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; DICHROISM; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYAMIDES; POLYIMIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIACID CHLORIDE; DIMETHYLSILANE; ISOTROPIC FILMS; PHOTOORIENTATION;

PHOTOPOLYMERS;

EID: 34249655772     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008307076506     Document Type: Article

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