Optically active polymeric networks containing azobenzene moieties and organic crystals

A. B. OROFINO; M. J. GALANTE; P.A. OYANGUREN

Simposio; 2nd International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science; 2011

We have synthesized new azobenzene-containing networks that contain organic crystals, in order to improve the optical performance. The azobenzene units are introduced as photoalignment triggers with good optical response and the organic crystals provide large birefringence, a high order parameter and good stability of the aligned state.