Influence of helical twisting power on the photoswitching behavior of chiral azobenzene compounds: Applications to high-performance switching devices

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2641-2647

  Alam, Md Zahangir ^a   Yoshioka, Teppei ^a   Ogata, Tomonari ^a   Nonaka, Takamasa ^a   Kurihara, Seiji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirality; Helical structures; Liquid crystals; Photophysical properties

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHIRALITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; SWITCHING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZOBENZENE MOLECULES; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HELICAL TWISTING POWER (HTP);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250782789     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200600954     Document Type: Article

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