Photoswitching in chiral nematic liquid crystals: Interaction-selective helical twist inversion by a single chiral dopant

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3377-3379

  Ruslim, Christian ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 (1 METHYLHEXYLOXY) 3' OCTYLOXY 2,2' DIMETHYLAZOBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; EUROPIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ISOMERISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0036928505     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b208578j     Document Type: Article

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