Photoinduced bending upon pulsed irradiation in azobenzene-containing crosslinked liquid-crystalline polymers

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-413

  Shimamura, Aki ^a   Priimagi, Arri ^a,b   Mamiya, Jun Ichi ^a   Kinoshita, Motoi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a,c   Shishido, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Liquid crystal; Photocontraction; Photomobile materials; Pulsed irradiation

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; RADIATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE IRRADIATIONS; CROSSLINKED LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; PHOTOCONTRACTION; PHOTOMOBILE MATERIALS; PHOTORESPONSIVE BEHAVIOR; PULSED IRRADIATION; SINGLE LASER PULSE; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 84861871012     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863511006200     Document Type: Article

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