Computer simulation of photoinduced mass transport on azobenzene polymer films by particle method

The formation and erasure of photoinduced surface relief gratings (SRGs) on azobenzene-containing polymers are simulated using a calculation model based on the moving-particle semi-implicit method. For the convection calculation, an anisotropic diffusion model is proposed. The gradient force of the optical electric field and the influence of surface tension are considered as driving forces for photoinduced mass transport. The viscosity of polymer films changes with the light intensity in our model. Particle motions in SRG formation and erasure are calculated and the SRG pitch and polarization dependences of the SRG growing and erasing rates are investigated. These theoretical results coincide qualitatively with our experimental results.

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