Surface plasmon resonance investigations of photoinduced changes in liquid crystalline azobenzene polymer Langmuir-Blodgette films

Jian Hua Gu, Yi Wen Chen, Bing Jie Liang, Bin Lu, Zu Hong Lu

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Abstract

In this letter, we report a novel phenomenon of photoisomerization-induced changes in liquid crystalline azobenzene polymers P12 Langmuir-Blodgette monolayer deposited on gold film by irradiating the monolayer with UV (360 nm) and blue (450 nm) lights, which was investigated by surface plasmon resonance technique. It has been shown that it is possible to switch the refractive indices reversibly by irradiating these films with light of appropriate wavelength.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)849-852
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume14
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

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  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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