Dipolar cooperative motion in amorphous azo copolymers: A molecular addressing possibility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2998, Issue , 1997, Pages 185-194

  Natansohn, Almeria ^a   Rochon, Paul L ^b   Pézolet, Michel ^c   Buffeteau, Thierry ^c,d   Meng, Xian Sheng ^a,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azobenzene copolymers; Birefringence; Cooperative motion; Dichroic infrared spectroscopy; Orientation function; Photoinduced orientation; Polar ester groups

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ESTERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

AZOBENZENE COPOLYMERS; COOPERATIVE MOTION; DICHROIC INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORIENTATION FUNCTION; PHOTOINDUCED ORIENTATION; POLAR ESTER GROUPS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 3743076780     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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