Enhancement of photorefractive effect in the isotropic phase of liquid crystalline polymers

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/10587250108029964

The photorefractive effect of the isotropic phase of liquid crystalline polymers was investigated. A large photorefractivity was observed in polymers which exhibit a liquid crystalline phase even though they were in the isotropic phase. The pholorefractivity was compared between the liquid crystalline polymers and amorphous polymers. The photorefractive effect was found to be significantly enhanced in the isotropic phase of the liquid crystalline polymers compared to that of the amorphous polymers with almost the same molecular structure.

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Molecular Crystals and
Liquid Crystals Science
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Molecular Crystals and Liquid
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Enhancement of
Photorefractive Effect in
the Isotropic Phase of Liquid
Crystalline Polymers
Takeo Sasaki a , Koji Tachibana a , Kazuo Ono a
, Teruyuki Shimada a , Masayuki Kudo a , Atsushi
Katsuragi a & Toshiaki Furuta a
a Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science,
Science University of Tokyo , 1-3 Kagurazaka,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan
Published online: 24 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Takeo Sasaki , Koji Tachibana , Kazuo Ono , Teruyuki Shimada ,
Masayuki Kudo , Atsushi Katsuragi & Toshiaki Furuta (2001) Enhancement of
Photorefractive Effect in the Isotropic Phase of Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Molecular
Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and
Liquid Crystals, 368:1, 345-350, DOI: 10.1080/10587250108029964
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