@article{StillerKoepnickMuzikanteetal.1999, author = {Stiller, Burkhard and K{\"o}pnick, Thomas and Muzikante, I. and Neilands, O. and Utinans, M. and Dubrovich, O. and Karageorgiev, Peter and Brehmer, Ludwig}, title = {Optically induced switching effect of polymer containing indandione-1,3-pyridinium betaine side chains}, issn = {0378-2271}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{MuzikanteFonavsTokmakovetal.2005, author = {Muzikante, I. and Fonavs, E. and Tokmakov, A. and Cepite, D. and Stiller, Burkhard and Brehmer, Ludwig and Neilands, O.}, title = {Optical and electrical properties of oriented thin films of oligomer containing betaine-type moiety in side chain}, issn = {0370-1972}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Non-linear optical and electrical properties of polymer films obtained by dipole orientation of active units are reported. Novel polar oligomer with N-(indan-1,3-dion-2-yl)pyridinium betaine (IPB) as a side group is studied. Orientation of polar groups in oligomer thin films causes an increase of the photo-induced change of surface potential on irradiation in the region of photo-induced electron transfer (PIET) where the IPB group exhibits a reversible change of the value and sign of the dipole moment. At longer wavelengths, the value of the surface potential of the oligomer may be determined by transport of photo-generated charge carriers}, language = {en} }