Thermal and photo optical properties of azoxybenzene alkyloxy-azobenzene-cholesterol dimesogens with alkyl diacetylene linker

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3431-3438

  Kumaresan, Subramanian ^a   Mallia, V Ajay ^a   Kida, Yoshishige ^b   Tamaoki, Nobuyuki ^a  

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

^b Okamura Oil Mill Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ALKYLDIACETYLENE LINKER; ALKYLOXY-AZOBENZENE-CHOLESTEROL DIMESOGENS; AZOXYBENZENE;

BENZENE;

EID: 30444455575     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2005.0426     Document Type: Article

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