Dual-mode optical switching property of copolymers containing pendant nitro and cyano substituted azobenzenes and fulgimide units

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1001-1012

  Saravanan, C ^a   Kannan, P ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Azobenzene; Coloration; Decoloration; Fulgimide; Molecular optical switch

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; COLORATION; DECOLORATION; FULGIMIDE; MOLECULAR OPTICAL SWITCH;

AZOBENZENE; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYMERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 67349273607     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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