Photochemical switching of liquid crystals under an electric field: Comparison of photochemical alignment change in the electric field and isothermal phase transition

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 287, Issue , 1996, Pages 155-167

  Kurihara, Seiji ^a   Nakano, Masahiko ^a   Nonaka, Takamasa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Homeotropic; Homogenous; Optical switching; Photochemical alignment change; Photochemical phase transition

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030403945     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587259608038752     Document Type: Article

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