Photoinduced optical anisotropy in azobenzene containing block copolymer-homopolymer blends. Influence of microstructure and molecular weight

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-620

  Berges, Cristina ^a   Gimeno, Nélida ^a   Oriol, Luis ^a   Piñol, Milagros ^a   Forcén, Patricia ^a   Sánchez, Carlos ^a   Alcalá, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azo polymers; Blends; Block copolymers; Microstructure; Optical anisotropy

Indexed keywords

AZO POLYMERS; BLENDS; CLICK CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; DIBLOCKS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGHER-DEGREE; MICRO-DOMAINS; MICROPHASE SEGREGATION; ORDER PARAMETER; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED ANISOTROPY; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84857055408     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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