Optical and physical applications of photocontrollable materials: Azobenzene-containing and liquid crystalline polymers

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-186

  Emoto, Akira ^a   Uchida, Emi ^a   Fukuda, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene containing polymer; Liquid crystalline polymer; Molecular alignment; Photocontrol

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE-CONTAINING POLYMER; FUNCTIONALIZED; OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS; PHOTO-IRRADIATION; PHOTOCONTROL; PHOTOCONTROLLABLE; PHYSICAL APPLICATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE RELIEF STRUCTURES;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84861765355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4010150     Document Type: Review

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