Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.8, 710-711, 2003
Comparative studies of the formation of surface relief grating. amorphous molecular material vs vinyl polymer
Comparative studies have been performed on the formation of surface relief grating (SRG) using an amorphous molecular material, 4-[di(biphenyl-4-yl)amino]azobenzene (DBAB), and a vinyl polymer containing DBAB as a pendant chromophore. It was found that SRG was formed more rapidly for the photochromic amorphous molecular material than for the corresponding vinyl polymer.