@article{GeueSaphiannikovaHennebergetal.2002,
  author    = {Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Henneberg, Oliver and Pietsch, Ullrich and Rochon, Paul and Natansohn, Almeria},
  title     = {Formation mechanism and dynamics in polymer surface gratings},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergChiGeueetal.2001,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Chi, Li Feng and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Pietsch, Ullrich and Rochon, Paul and Natansohn, Almeria},
  title     = {Atomic force microscopy inspection of the early state of formation of polymer surface relief grating},
  year      = {2001},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergGeueSaphiannikovaetal.2002,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Natansohn, Almeria and Rochon, Paul and Finkelstein, Kenneth D.},
  title     = {Investigation of material flow on inscribing a polymer surface grating probing X-ray and VIS light scattering},
  issn      = {0927-7757},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergGeueSaphiannikovaetal.2003,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Pietsch, Ullrich and Rochon, Paul},
  title     = {X-ray and VIS light scattering from light-induced polymer gratings},
  doi       = {10.1088/0022-3727/36/10A/350},
  year      = {2003},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergGeueSaphiannikovaetal.2001,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Pietsch, Ullrich and Rochon, Paul and Natansohn, Almeria},
  title     = {Formation and dynamics of polymer surface relief gratings},
  issn      = {0378-5963},
  year      = {2001},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergPanznerPietschetal.2004,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Panzner, Tobias and Pietsch, Ullrich and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Rochon, Paul and Finkelstein, Kenneth D.},
  title     = {X-ray and VIS light scattering from light-induced polymer gratings},
  issn      = {0044-2968},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Sinusoidally shaped surface relief gratings made of polymer films containing, azobenzene moieties can be created by holographic illumination with laser light of about lambda approximate to 500 nm. The remarkable material transport takes place at temperatures far (100 K) below the glass transition temperature of the material. As probed by visible light scattering the efficiency of grating formation crucially depends on the polarization state of the laser light and is maximal when circular polarization is used. In contrast to VIS light scattering X-ray diffraction is most sensitive for periodic surface undulations with amplitudes below 10 nm. Thus, combined in-situ X-ray and visible light scattering at CHESS were used to investigate the dynamics of surface relief grating formations upon laser illumination. The time development of grating peaks up to 9th order at laser power of P = 20 mW/cm(2) could be investigated, even the onset of grating formation as a function of light polarization. A linear growth of grating amplitude was observed for all polarizations. The growth velocity is maximal using circularly polarized light but very small for s-polarized light},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HennebergRochonPanzneretal.2004,
  author    = {Henneberg, Oliver and Rochon, Paul and Panzner, Tobias and Finkelstein, Kenneth D. and Geue, Thomas and Saphiannikova, Marina and Pietsch, Ullrich},
  title     = {In-situ Investigation of Surface Relief Grating Formation in Photosensitive Polymers},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{IlnytskyiNeherSaphiannikova2011,
  author    = {Ilnytskyi, Jaroslav M. and Neher, Dieter and Saphiannikova, Marina},
  title     = {Opposite photo-induced deformations in azobenzene-containing polymers with different molecular architecture molecular dynamics study},
  series = {The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistr},
  volume    = {135},
  journal   = {The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistr},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {0021-9606},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.3614499},
  pages     = {12},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Photo-induced deformations in azobenzene-containing polymers (azo-polymers) are central to a number of applications, such as optical storage and fabrication of diffractive elements. The microscopic nature of the underlying opto-mechanical coupling is yet not clear. In this study, we address the experimental finding that the scenario of the effects depends on molecular architecture of the used azo-polymer. Typically, opposite deformations in respect to the direction of light polarization are observed for liquid crystalline and amorphous azo-polymers. In this study, we undertake molecular dynamics simulations of two different models that mimic these two types of azo-polymers. We employ hybrid force field modeling and consider only trans-isomers of azobenzene, represented as Gay-Berne sites. The effect of illumination on the orientation of the chromophores is considered on the level of orientational hole burning and emphasis is given to the resulting deformation of the polymer matrix. We reproduce deformations of opposite sign for the two models being considered here and discuss the relevant microscopic mechanisms in both cases.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{IlnytskyiSaphiannikovaNeheretal.2012,
  author    = {Ilnytskyi, Jaroslav M. and Saphiannikova, Marina and Neher, Dieter and Allen, Michael P.},
  title     = {Modelling elasticity and memory effects in liquid crystalline elastomers by molecular dynamics simulations},
  series = {Soft matter},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Soft matter},
  number    = {43},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1744-683X},
  doi       = {10.1039/c2sm26499d},
  pages     = {11123 -- 11134},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We performed molecular dynamics simulations of a liquid crystal elastomer of side-chain architecture. The network is formed from a melt of 28 molecules each having a backbone of 100 hydrocarbon monomers, to which 50 side chains are attached in a syndiotactic way. Crosslinking is performed in the smectic A phase. We observe an increase of the smectic-isotropic phase transition temperature of about 5 degrees as compared to the uncrosslinked melt. Memory effects in liquid crystalline order and in sample shape are well reproduced when the elastomer is driven through the smectic-isotropic transition. Above this transition, in the isotropic phase, the polydomain smectic phase is induced by a uniaxial load. Below the transition, in a monodomain smectic A phase, both experimentally observed effects of homogeneous director reorientation and stripe formation are reproduced when the sample is stretched along the director. When the load is applied perpendicularly to the director, the sample demonstrates reversible deformation with no change of liquid crystalline order, indicating elasticity of the two-dimensional network of polymer layers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{IlnytskyiSaphiannikovaNeher2006,
  author    = {Ilnytskyi, Jaroslav and Saphiannikova, Marina and Neher, Dieter},
  title     = {Photo-induced deformations in azobenzene-containing side-chain polymers : molecular dynamics study},
  issn      = {1607-324X},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {We perform molecular dynamics simulations of azobenzene containing side-chain liquid crystalline polymer subject to an external model field that mimicks the reorientations of the azobenzenes upon irradiation with polarized light. The smectic phase of the polymer is studied with the field applied parallel to the nematic director, forcing the trans isomers to reorient perpendicularly to the field (the direction of which can be assosiated with the light polarization). The coupling between the reorientation of azobenzenes and mechanical deformation of the sample is found to depend on the field strength. In a weak field the original smectic order is melted gradually with no apparent change in the simulation box shape, whereas in a strong field two regimes are observed. During the first one a rapid melting of the liquid crystalline order is accompanied by the contraction of the polymer along the field direction (the effect similar to the one observed experimentally in azopenzene containing elastomers). During the slower second regime, the smectic layers are rebuilt to accomodate the preferential direction of chromophores perperdicular to the field.},
  language  = {en}
}