Materials demonstrating a photorefractive effect are principal candidates for numerous
applications, including high‐density optical data storage, optical image processing, phase …

This paper reports detailed synthesis and characterization of a hybridized polymer system
which combines the ionic transition metal complexes and a conjugated polymer backbone …

Photorefractive (PR) materials are multifunctional materials which combine
photoconductivity and an electro-optic (EO) response to manifest a photorefractive effect. 1 …

The driving force to pursue research on photorefractive polymers comes from both
fundamentalinterests and practical expectations. It is known that photorefractive materials …

The first photorefractive sol− gel film has been prepared by copolymerization of
tetraethoxysilane and modified silane monomers having push− pull azobenzene and …

By the phrase “refractive index modulation amplitude”, it is meant the amount the magnitude
of the refractive indeX in a material can be varied tunably by an external Stimulus. By the …

In this article, we review recent progress in the area of photorefractive polymers.
Photorefractive (PR) polymers are multifunctional materials which combine …

Novel, highly functionalized polysiloxanes were prepared in which each repeat unit bears,
on average, one charge transporting and one to two second-order nonlinear optical …

A new functionalized polyurethane structure with a thiophene ring having a tricyanovinyl
group in the polymer side chain was synthesized. The molecular weight of the final polymer …

A consideration of the development of photochemical systems with functions as optical
sensors or switches, discussing materials and chemical systems, technology, and …