Ionic azo-codendrimers: Influence of the acids contents in the liquid crystalline properties and the photoinduced optical anisotropy

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-318

  Hernández Ainsa, Silvia ^a   Alcalá, Rafael ^a   Barberá, Joaquín ^a   Marcos, Mercedes ^a   Sánchez, Carlos ^a   Serrano, José Luis ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Ionic dendrimers; Liquid crystals; Photoinduced optical anisotropy

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE CONTENT; DICHLOROMETHANE SOLUTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; IONIC COMPOUNDS; IONIC DENDRIMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MESOPHASES; NEMATIC MESOPHASES; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL STUDY; PENTANOIC ACID; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED DICHROISM; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY(PROPYLENE IMINE); PROCESSABILITY; PROCESSABLE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; SMECTIC-A; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY;

CASTING; CRYSTALS; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FATTY ACIDS; FILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROPYLENE; RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 79951810624     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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