Thermal and photochemical control of molecular orientation of azo-functionalized polymer liquid crystals and application for photo-rewritable paper

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1546-1550

  Moritsugu, Masaki ^a   Ishikawa, Takeru ^a   Kawata, Tetsuro ^a   Ogata, Tomonari ^a   Kuwahara, Yutaka ^a   Kurihara, Seiji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

azo polymers; liquid crystalline polymers (LCP); photoisomerization; photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

AZO POLYMERS; AZOBENZENE POLYMERS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IN-PLANE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; OUT-OF-PLANE; OUT-OF-PLANE ORIENTATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL CONTROL; POLYMER LIQUID CRYSTALS; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; UV IRRADIATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUIDS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPIN GLASS; SUBSTRATES;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

AZO COMPOUND; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PAPER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AZO COMPOUNDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PAPER; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 80053184166     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100244     Document Type: Article

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