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The techniques and equipment used for the characterization of the materials (at the molecular and macroscopic level) that have been used in this thesis are detailed below. Besides, the procedures used to modify the properties of the polymers of the study, mainly based on optical and thermal treatments, are also explained.
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Alicante, R. (2013). Experimental Methods. In: Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31756-9_2
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