Optical storage in mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of disperse Red 19

Authors
dos Santos, DS Mendonca, CR Balogh, DT Dhanabalan, A Giacometti, JA Zilio, SC Oliveira, ON
Citation
Ds. Dos Santos et al., Optical storage in mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of disperse Red 19, SYNTH METAL, 121(1-3), 2001, pp. 1479-1480
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
SYNTHETIC METALS
ISSN journal
03796779 → ACNP
Volume
121
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1479 - 1480
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(20010315)121:1-3<1479:OSIML(>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report on the optical storage characteristics of mixed Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films from an azobenzene polymer (disperse red 19 1,4 diphenylmethane polyurethane, DR19-MDI) and cadmium stearate. This mixed LB film showed a great remaining birefringence (80%) due to its high rigidity.