Photomechanical effect in films of polyvinylidene fluoride

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2747-2749

  Sarkisov, Sergey S ^a   Curley, Michael J ^a   Fields, Aisha ^a   Sarkisov II, Sergey S ^b   Adamovsky, Grigory ^c  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grissom High School   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM POWER; PHOTOMECHANICAL RESONANCE; PHOTOTHERMAL BENDING; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

LASER BEAMS; LIGHTING; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOMECHANICS; RESONANCE; THICKNESS CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 8344258433     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1802390     Document Type: Article

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