Azobenzene photochemistry is a fascinating area of investigation, on one hand, because it
is fairly wellknown, 1 and on the other hand because it has produced and continues to …

Incorporating photochromic molecules into organic or hybrid organic-inorganic materials
leads to photoresponsive systems, the properties of which can be manipulated by light …

The review gives a brief survey of NLO polymeric materials based on azobenzene units and
of high thermal and temporal stability. It starts with a brief introduction which comprises …

A few years ago, a theoretical model has been introduced for the simulation of photoinduced
reorientation of dye molecules in amorphous polymers (photoinduced anisotropy …

A novel mean-field theory of photoinduced reorientation and optical anisotropy in liquid
crystalline side-chain polymers is presented and compared with experiments. The …

The controllable and wide-range modulation of the carrier type and mobility in atomically
thin two-dimensional (2D) materials is one of the most critical issues to be addressed before …

Aminoazobenzene photoreorientation is investigated in systems in which hydrophobically
substituted chromophores are organized in molecular (Langmuir− Blodgett) films on glass …

We show that the occurrence of pure photoorientation by photoisomerization of azo dye in
polymers is influenced by the polymer molecular structure, as well as by the …

A simple theoretical model of liquid crystal (LC) alignment by exposure to linearly polarized
ultraviolet (UV) light is proposed. The model predicts a universal relationship describing the …

This paper is a review of optical ordering processes in amorphous films containing
photoisomerizable dye molecules. Photoinduced Anisotropy (PIA), Photoassisted Poling …