Light-induced spiral mass transport in azo-polymer films under vortex-beam illumination

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ambrosio, Antonio ^a   Marrucci, Lorenzo ^a   Borbone, Fabio ^a   Roviello, Antonio ^a   Maddalena, Pasqualino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; ILLUMINATION; NANOIMAGING; VORTEX MOTION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84866092222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1996     Document Type: Article

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