Photo-Induced Phenomena in Supramolecular Azobenzene Materials

Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 47-94

  Stumpe, Joachim ^a   Kulikovska, Olga ^a   Goldenberg, Leonid M ^a   Zakrevskyy, Yuriy ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoorientation; Supramolecular azobenzene materials and photo induced phenomena; surface relief gratings (SRG) generation using functionalized polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956280278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470439098.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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