The state-of-the-art in the field of molecular design, synthesis, phase behaviour and
photooptical properties of photochromic liquid crystalline (LC) side chain polymers, their …

Photochromic polymeric materials have been commercialized in ophthalmic lenses,
however, there are many other potential uses for this technology. The photochromic …

Introduction to photochemistry and photophysics. Polymer structure and reactivity. Diffusion
and permeability in polymers. Determination of scission and crosslinking in polymers …

Azobenzene is the parent molecule of the large group of aromatic azo compounds. This
group is very important in practical use as its members are dye stuffs of high lightfastness …

The photochemical and thermal cis-trans isomerization of azo chromophores which were
either dissolved, a pendant group or part of a crosslink in rubbery poly (ethyl acrylate) …

A holographic fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique has been used to
measure the translational motion of tetracene and rubrene (tetraphenyltetracene) in …

A number of phosphatidyl choline derivatives containing trans-azobenzene units in the fatty
ester backbone have been synthesized and studied in aqueous dispersions both pure and …

We report the synthesis of amorphous, heat-resistant (T g ranging from 220 to 246° C)
polyimides cross-linked with a novel tris (azobenzeneamine) cross-linker and examine the …

Azobenzene-containing polymers see extensive use as polymeric dyes, molecular probes,
electrooptic liquid crystals, and materials for nonlinear optics and optical storage. The most …

Photochromic polymer systems are of two main types: those which are merely solid solutions
of photochromes in polymeric matrices and those custom-designed polymers which …