Photochemical phase transition behavior of nematic liquid crystals with azobenzene moieties as both mesogens and photosensitive chromophores

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1332-1337

  Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a   Shiono, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a,b   Galli, Giancarlo ^a,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JRDC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THIN FILMS;

AZOBENZENE MOIETIES; MESOGENS; PHOTOSENSITIVE CHROMOPHORES; THERMAL BACK ISOMERIZATION; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0031078148     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp961565d     Document Type: Article

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