Azo Block Copolymers in the Solid State

Smart Light-Responsive Materials: Azobenzene-Containing Polymers and Liquid Crystals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 411-456

  Yu, Haifeng ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azo block copolymers in solid state; Microphase separation important properties of azo BCs in solid state; Molecular cooperative motion (MCM) between azo moieties in azo triblock copolymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889278887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470439098.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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