RESEARCH IN PHOTOREORIENTATION OF PHOTOCHROMIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYMERS

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2002.04.292

Abstract

Abstract: Photochromic liquid-crystal polymers are these liquid crystal polymers doped with or covalently bonded with photochromic molecules. The irradiation of linearly polarized light or nonpolarized light caused two-dimensional or three-dimensional photoreorientation of liquid-crystal polymers,owing to structure transformation of photochromic molecules.This paper reviews the recent development in photoreorientation of photochromic liquid-crystal polymers.

Key words: photochromic molecule, azobenzene polymer, liquid-crystal polymer, photoreorientation

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SU Yu-zhi, LIANG Zhao-xi. RESEARCH IN PHOTOREORIENTATION OF PHOTOCHROMIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYMERS[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2002, 20(4): 292-302.

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