Mechanism of photochemical phase transition of single-component phototropic liquid crystals studied by means of holographic grating recording

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10051-10058

  Sobolewska, Anna ^a   Zawada, Joanna ^a   Bartkiewicz, Stanislaw ^a   Galewski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS-TRANS PHOTOISOMERIZATION; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING RECORDING; HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZED MICROSCOPE; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84878023419     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403159w     Document Type: Article

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