Molecular organization and aggregation in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of azo dye/liquid crystal mixtures

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Inglot, K ^a   Martynski T ^a   Bauman, D ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Electronic absorption; Langmuir film; Langmuir Blodgett film; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AIR; AZO DYES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; WATER ABSORPTION;

AIR-SOLID SUBSTRATES; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTRA; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LANGMUIR AND LANGMUIR-BLODGETT FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 63949083937     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0053-9     Document Type: Article

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