Photoinduced Optical Anisotropy in Amorphous Films of Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Lutz Läsker, Thomas Fischer, Joachim Stumpe, Sergei G. Kostromin, Sergei A. Ivanov, Valéry Shibaev, Ralf Ruhmann

Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals/Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1994 · 71 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Abstract Amorphous, optically isotropic films of photochromic liquid crystalline copolymers have been prepared and irradiated with linearly polarized light. In this way high values of dichroism and birefringence have been induced.

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