Photodriven, flexural-torsional oscillation of glassy azobenzene liquid crystal polymer networks

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2913-2918

  Lee, Kyung Min ^a,b   Smith, Matthew L ^a,c   Koerner, Hilmar ^a,d   Tabiryan, Nelson ^e   Vaia, Richard A ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^a   White, Timothy J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Azimuth Corporation   (United States)

^c National Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UES INC   (United States)

^e BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

actuators; liquid crystals; photochemistry; stimuli responsive materials

Indexed keywords

COHERENT WAVES; FLEXURAL-TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE BENDING; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LASER INTENSITIES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; LONG AXIS; MONODOMAINS; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; OUT-OF-PLANE; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTORESPONSIVE; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTALS; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; THRESHOLD LASERS;

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING MOMENTS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CRYSTALS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIQUIDS; METAL CLADDING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIPELINE BENDS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 80051687642     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201100333     Document Type: Article

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