Photonic applications of azobenzene molecules embedded in amorphous polymer

S De Martino, F Mauro, PA Netti - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2020 - Springer
The incorporation of azobenzene chromophores into polymer systems gives rise to a
number of unique effects under UV and visible light irradiation. The light-driven …

Optical and physical applications of photocontrollable materials: Azobenzene-containing and liquid crystalline polymers

A Emoto, E Uchida, T Fukuda - Polymers, 2012 - mdpi.com
Photocontrol of molecular alignment is an exceptionally-intelligent and useful strategy. It
enables us to control optical coefficients, peripheral molecular alignments, surface relief …

[图书][B] Photoalignment of liquid crystalline materials: physics and applications

VG Chigrinov, VM Kozenkov, HS Kwok - 2008 - books.google.com
Photoalignment possesses significant advantages in comparison with the usual
'rubbing'treatment of the substrates of liquid crystal display (LCD) cells as it is a non-contact …

Optical pendulum generator based on photomechanical liquid-crystalline actuators

R Tang, Z Liu, D Xu, J Liu, L Yu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
For converting light energy into electricity, an optical pendulum generator was designed by
combining photomechanical movement of liquid-crystalline actuator (LCA) with Faraday's …

Free-surface molecular command systems for photoalignment of liquid crystalline materials

K Fukuhara, S Nagano, M Hara, T Seki - Nature Communications, 2014 - nature.com
The orientation of liquid crystal molecules is very sensitive towards contacting surfaces, and
this phenomenon is critical during the fabrication of liquid crystal display panels, as well as …

Alignment control of nematic liquid crystal using gold nanoparticles grafted by the liquid crystalline polymer with azobenzene mesogens as the side chains

ZY Kuang, YJ Fan, L Tao, ML Li, N Zhao… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The gold nanoparticles highly grafted by a liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) with azobenzene
mesogens as the side chain (denoted as Au@ TE-PAzo NPs) are successfully designed and …

Remote-controllable and encryptable smart glasses: a photoresponsive azobenzene molecular commander determines the molecular alignments of liquid crystal …

M Rim, DG Kang, D Jung, SI Lim, KM Lee, NP Godman… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For the development of optically encryptable smart glass that can control the molecular
alignment of liquid crystals (LCs), an azobenzene-based reactive molecule (ARM) capable …

Photoinduced ordering and anchoring properties of azo-dye films

AD Kiselev, V Chigrinov, DD Huang - … E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter …, 2005 - APS
We study both theoretically and experimentally the anchoring properties of photoaligning
azo-dye films in contact with a nematic liquid crystal depending on the photoinduced …

Surface relief gratings in azobenzene supramolecular systems based on polyimides

E Schab-Balcerzak, A Sobolewska, J Stumpe… - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The paper describes formation of new supramolecular azopolymers based on hydrogen
bonds as perspective materials for laser induced surface relief gratings (SRGs) and for …

Photoinduced tuning of optical stop bands in azopolymer based inverse opal photonic crystals

JC Hong, JH Park, C Chun… - Advanced Functional …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Photo‐tunable photonic crystals were prepared from three dimensional (3D) colloidal crystal
templates using a photoresponsive azopolymer. For the preparation of azopolymer infiltrated …