Opto-mechanical effect in photoactive nematic side-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 671-678

  Sánchez Ferrer, Antoni ^a,b   Merekalov, Alexey ^c   Finkelmann, Heino ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

activation energy; azobenzene; nematic; photo isomerization; side chain liquid crystalline elastomer; stress; thermal isomerization

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; AZO-DERIVATIVES; AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION; CROSS-LINKERS; ELASTOMERIC NETWORK; KINETIC RATES; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; MONODOMAINS; NEMATIC; OPTOMECHANICAL; PENDANT GROUPS; SIDE-CHAIN; SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ELASTOMER; THERMAL-ISOMERIZATION; UV IRRADIATION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; LIQUIDS; PLASTICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

ELASTOMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL;

ELASTOMERS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 79953875853     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100005     Document Type: Article

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