1. New Photorotor for the Induction of Anisotropy
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Joachim Stumpe, Regina Rosenhauer, Eike Poetsch, Markus Klein, Christian Kempe, Beate Sapich, and Publica
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Materials science ,Birefringence ,Molecular Structure ,Polymers ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Polymer ,Ethylenes ,Dichroism ,Photochemical Processes ,Linear dichroism ,Liquid Crystals ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Azobenzene ,Cyclohexanes ,Mechanics of Materials ,Anisotropy ,Optoelectronics ,Molecule ,General Materials Science ,Irradiation ,business - Abstract
A new class of photosensitive compounds generates optical anisotropy comparable to azobenzene systems upon irradiation with linearly polarized light, but, in contrast to these systems, the new photorotor system does not absorb in the visible range. High values of dichroism and birefringence are induced and in the case of LC polymers the light induced order can be amplified by self-organization.
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- 2012
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