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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Volume 502, 2009 - Issue 1
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Azo-Containing Polymer Brushes: Photoalignment and Application as Command Surfaces

P. Camorani Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Parma, Parma, Italyand INFM-CRS SOFTCorrespondence[email protected]
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L. Cristofolini Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Parma, Parma, Italyand INFM-CRS SOFT
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M. P. Fontana Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Parma, Parma, Italyand INFM-CRS SOFT
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L. Angiolini Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali and INSTM UdR-Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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L. Giorgini Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali and INSTM UdR-Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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F. Paris Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale e dei Materiali and INSTM UdR-Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Pages 56-64 | Published online: 01 Jun 2009

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Hafiz Ashraful Haque, Shusaku Nagano & Takahiro Seki. (2013) Effect of Flexible Chain Length on the Photoorientation Behavior of Surface-Grafted Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene Block Copolymer Brush. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 583:1, pages 10-20.
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Koji Mukai, Kenjiro Imai, Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano & Takahiro Seki. (2019) A High‐Density Azobenzene Side Chain Polymer Brush for Azimuthal and Zenithal Orientational Photoswitching of a Nematic Liquid Crystal. ChemPhotoChem 3:6, pages 495-500.
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Takahiro Seki. (2014) Meso- and Microscopic Motions in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Polymer Films. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 35:3, pages 271-290.
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Hafiz Ashraful Haque, Mitsuo Hara, Shusaku Nagano & Takahiro Seki. (2013) Photoinduced In-Plane Motions of Azobenzene Mesogens Affected by the Flexibility of Underlying Amorphous Chains. Macromolecules 46:20, pages 8275-8283.
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Takahiro Seki, Shusaku Nagano & Mitsuo Hara. (2013) Versatility of photoalignment techniques: From nematics to a wide range of functional materials. Polymer 54:22, pages 6053-6072.
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Alexander Ryabchun, Alexey Bobrovsky, Sung-Ho Chun & Valery Shibaev. (2013) A novel generation of photoactive comb-shaped polyamides for the photoalignment of liquid crystals. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 51:19, pages 4031-4041.
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