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The effect of spacer and alkyl tail lengths on the photoorientation processes in amorphousized films of azobenzene-containing liquid crystalline polymethacrylates

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Pages 377-383 | Received 04 Jul 2019, Accepted 08 Aug 2019, Published online: 03 Sep 2019

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