Optical switching of antiferroelectric liquid crystal with azo-dye using photochemically induced SmC*A-SmC* phase transition

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8 PART A, 1997, Pages

  Shirota, Koichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Ichirou ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiferroelectric; Azobenzene; Ferroelectric; Liquid crystal; Optical switching; Phase transition; Photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

ARGON; AZO DYES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FERROELECTRICITY; ISOMERIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ANTIFERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031200073     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.l1035     Document Type: Article

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