Chiroptical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals induced by chiral photochromic 3,3′-dialkoxyazobenzenes

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 365, Issue , 2001, Pages 55-62

  Ruslim, Christian ^a   Nakagawa, Masaru ^a   Morino, Shin'ya ^a   Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azo compounds; Chirality; Cholesteric; Photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944435588     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108025281     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. E. Sackmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 93, 5 (1971).
2. B. L. Feringa, N. P. M. Huck, H. A. van Doren, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 9929 (1995).
3. N. Tamaoki, S. Song, M. Moriyama, H. Matsuda, Adv. Mater., 12, 94, (2000).
4. F. Vicentini, J. Cho, L.-C. Chien, Liq. Cryst., 24, 483 (1998).
5. P. van de Witte, J. C. Galan, J. Lub, Liq. Cryst., 24, 819 (1998).
6. C. Ruslim, K. Ichimura, J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 6529 (2000).
7. G. Heppke, H. Marschall, P. Nürnberg, F. Oestreicher, G. Scherowsky, Chem. Ber., 114, 2501 (1981).
8. P.R. Gerber, Z. Naturforsch. A, 35, 615 (1980).
9. N. Isaert, B. Soulestin, J. Malthete, Mol, Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 37, 321 (1976).
10. C. Ruslim, K. Ichimura, J. Mater. Chem., 9, 673 (1999).