Photoinduced deformations in azobenzene polymer films

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-57

  Saphiannikova, M ^a   Toshchevikov, V ^a,b   Ilnytskyi, J ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Azobenzene polymers; Light induced stress; Microscopic theory; Molecular dynamics simulations; Surface relief gratings

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE CHROMOPHORE; AZOBENZENE POLYMER FILMS; AZOBENZENE POLYMERS; FILM DEFORMATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS ILLUMINATION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT-INDUCED FORCES; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORIENTATION MECHANISM; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED DEFORMATIONS; SIDE-CHAIN; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS; WELL-SPREAD;

CHROMOPHORES; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; STRESS RELIEF;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 79954548619     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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