Nonlinear optical properties and memory effects of the azo polymers carrying different substituents

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Li, Najun ^a   Lu, Jianmei ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Kang, En Tang ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Azo; Device; Electric memory; Nonlinear optical; Polymer; Substituent

Indexed keywords

AZO; DEVICE; ELECTRIC MEMORY; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; SUBSTITUENT;

CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLASH MEMORY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER FILMS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77956095604     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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