Photo-responsive and electrically switchable mesophases in a novel class of achiral bent-core azo compounds

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1495-1502

  Prasad, Veena ^a   Kang, Shin Woong ^b   Qi, Xianghong ^b   Kumar, Satyendra ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ACHIRAL COMPOUNDS; MESOPHASES; PHOTO-INDUCED EFFECTS;

AZO DYES;

AZO COMPOUND; IMINE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 2442663850     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b314482h     Document Type: Article

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