Controlling the color of cholesteric liquid-crystalline films by photoirradiation of a chiroptical molecular switch used as dopant

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Van Delden, Richard A ^a   Van Gelder, Marc B ^a   Huck, Nina P M ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); IRRADIATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SPIN COATING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR SWITCH;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0038395985     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200304313     Document Type: Article

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