Polarization dependent photoactuation in azobenzene LC polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6654, Issue , 2007, Pages

  White, Timothy J ^a,b   Koval, J J ^a,c   Tondiglia, V P ^a,d   Natarajan, L V ^a,d   Vaia, R A ^a   Serak, S ^e   Grozhik, V ^e   Tabirian, N ^e   Bunning, Timothy J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Liquid crystal; Photomechanical

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DIACRYLATE MONOMER (RM257); PHOTOMECHANICAL DEFORMATION;

LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AZOBENZENE;

EID: 42149086132     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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