Multiscale model for photoinduced molecular motion in azo polymers

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1573-1579

  Juan, Mathieu L ^a   Plain, Jérôme ^a   Bachelot, Renaud ^a   Royer, Pascal ^a   Gray, Stephen K ^b   Wiederrecht, Gary P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transport; Molecular motion modeling; Nanolithography; Photochemical imaging; Photoisomerizable azo polymers; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MOTION MODELING; PHOTOCHEMICAL IMAGING; PHOTOISOMERIZABLE AZO POLYMERS; PLASMONICS;

MASS TRANSFER; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 67651230748     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900262e     Document Type: Article

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