Nanomovement of azo polymers induced by metal tip enhanced near-field irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Ishitobi, Hidekazu ^a   Tanabe, Mamoru ^b   Sekkat, Zouheir ^b,c,d   Kawata, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTING; POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC MOVEMENT; ANISOTROPIC PHOTOFLUIDITY; AZO POLYMERS; INCIDENT LIGHT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 34548422820     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2777183     Document Type: Article

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